November 2017. Delgado Certified Line Worker Training Program Info Sessions

Delgado Certified Line Worker Training Program Info Sessions

Entergy New Orleans donates $50,000 to kick off Certified Line Worker Training Program at Delgado Community College

NEW ORLEANS - Entergy New Orleans, Inc. officials today (Oct. 23) presented a $50,000 check to Delgado Community College to support the start of the Certified Line Worker Training Program, which was developed through a partnership between the Louisiana Energy Workforce Consortium (LEWC) and the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS). Recognizing the upcoming need for skilled, trained line workers in the near future, electric utility companies, utility contractors and community and technical colleges from across Louisiana have come together to form the LEWC. Graduates of the 26-week evening studies program at Delgado Community College will obtain National Center for Construction Education and Research certification, be qualified for employment as a line helper and receive job-placement assistance. LEWC members were instrumental in developing the program's curriculum and designing the training facilities. "This is a great example of the type of cooperation needed between industry and our educational system to develop the workforce of tomorrow," said Charles Rice, president and CEO of Entergy New Orleans. "We're pleased to support this program and look forward to helping its graduates start rewarding careers in a job that is, in many ways, the backbone of the electric utility industry. We're also glad to continue our support of Delgado's workforce development initiatives." "The workforce of the Greater New Orleans region continues to be upwardly mobile thanks to job training partnerships like this one between Delgado Community College and Entergy New Orleans," said Joan Davis, chancellor of Delgado Community College. "We thank our partners at Entergy for their support, and we look forward to the day when this program's graduates are helping keep us comfortable, safe and productive inside all of our homes and businesses." Delgado Community College and Fletcher Technical Community College will be the first Louisiana colleges to offer the Certified Line Worker Training Program beginning in January 2018. More information on the program is available at http://www.dcc.edu/academics/workforce/line_worker.aspx or by calling 504-671-6706. LEWC utility partner companies include: Entergy, Chain Electric, CLECO, DEMCO, Diversified Services, SLECA, Terrebonne Parish Utilities, Lafayette Utilities System, T&D Solutions, Willbros T&D Services, Linetec Services, Utility Lines Construction Services and Southern Electric Corporation. Delgado Community College is the largest, oldest and most diverse community college in Louisiana. More than 25,000 students are served by Delgado each semester. The college provides more than 100 degree, certificate and diploma programs as well as adult education and workforce development to residents of the Greater New Orleans region and a broad range of the Gulf South, other U.S. states and Latin America. Entergy New Orleans, Inc. is an electric and gas utility that serves Louisiana's Orleans Parish. The company provides electricity to more than 198,000 customers and natural gas to more than 106,000 customers. Entergy New Orleans is a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation. ###

Research Puerto Rico & USVI Previous Funding for Non-Disaster and Relief Funding. DHS\FEMA Grant Funding. Summary and Key Findings 2016.

How much preparedness funding has YOUR LOCAL community received?

GET INVOLVED!  Research your local EM office, development planning, water & waster management and other critical areas in your community to determine what funding has been received, and what improvements have resulted.  

Always keep in mind that disasters are LOCAL not national in nature.  Preparedness starts in your home, and your community.

CDS CEO BEMA International

NOTE:  

     I tend to follow the money that was previously allocated for relief and recovery to determine current status

     to determine if preparedness and planning was truly taking place.

    Except from report: 

  

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Report Type of Number, Grant,                                                                                     Amount Amount Potential Date Disaster Awarded Audited Monetary Issued Number Title ($M) ($M) Benefit 13 OIG-16-43-D 2/2/2016 PA 4017 The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Effectively Managed FEMA Public Assistance Grant Funds Awarded for Hurricane Irene in August 2011 $8.0 $7.3 $0 14 OIG-16-52-D 2/21/2016 PA 4152 FEMA Should Recover $312,117 of $1.6 Million Grant Funds Awarded to the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico $1.6 $0.9 $312,117 15 OIG-16-60-D 4/6/2016 PA 4017 FEMA Should Recover $267,960 of $4.46 Million in Public Assistance Grant Funds Awarded to the Municipality of Jayuya, Puerto Rico, for Hurricane Irene Damages $4.5 $3.5 $267,960

  

Summary and Key Findings of Fiscal Year 2016 FEMA Disaster Grant and Program Audits The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) does not manage disaster relief grants and funds adequately and does not hold grant recipients accountable for properly managing disaster relief funds. We continue to identify persistent problems such as improper contract costs, and ineligible and unsupported expenditures as examples of this continued failure. In fiscal year 2016, we found $155.6 million, or 23 percent, in questioned costs out of the $686 million that we audited, which we recommended FEMA disallow as ineligible and unsupported costs. As part of our open recommendation follow-up responsibilities, we determined that as of April 8, 2017, FEMA allowed $85.7 million of the $155.6 million in costs that we questioned. Further, FEMA continues to not hold grant recipients accountable for failing to provide adequate monitoring or technical assistance to subgrantees. In FY 2016, 29 of our grant audit reports contained recommendations addressing the lack of adequate oversight on the part of grant recipients. Read Report OIG-18-06 Office of Public Affairs E: dhs-oig.officepublicaffairs@oig.dhs.gov                         OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL l DHS WWW.OIG.DHS.GOV  l TWITTER: @DHSOIG OIG News Press Releases    Congressional Testimony SAR & Other Publications Semiannual Report (SAR)    Annual Performance Plan (APP)    Strategic Plan