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MDHS Commits $5 Million in TANF Funds to Expand Child Care Assistance for Mississippi Working Families

The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) today announced a $5 million investment of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) direct funds to child care assistance for low-income working families in Federal Fiscal Year 2026. The new funding will be administered through MDHS’s Division of Early Childhood Care and Development (DECCD) and distributed through the…

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CoffeeTime: “Sinking Ship Marriages”

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com       If you are in one, it’s a scary thing. With a lot of anger, defeatism, anxiety, and damaged pride as shipmates. But, maybe you still feel that you would rather patch the holes that are rapidly taking on water, rather than just bailing out. Maybe you feel the…

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CES students headed to a different Long Beach for international competition

Special to Long Beach Breeze       Four sixth graders from Coast Episcopal School (CES) are traveling from Long Beach, Mississippi, to Long Beach, California, to compete at the Western Edge FIRST Robotics Invitational, May 28-31.  The students, competing as the CES Robo-Raiders, will join approximately ninety teams at this First® event featuring both…

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Memorial Day weekend brings Jazz in the Pass to town

Special to The Pass Post     Pass Christian’s War Memorial Park will once again be filled with toe-tapping, live music echoing over the Mississippi Sound on Sunday of Memorial Day weekend.  The annual Jazz in the Pass returns to Pass Christian’s Memorial Park Sunday, May 24, from noon until 8 p.m. The family-friendly event…

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USM Gulf Park and MGCCC partner to help degree-seekers stay local

By Toni Miles     South Mississippians seeking college degrees now have more opportunity and options, thanks to a recent agreement with University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Gulf Park campus in Long Beach and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC). In early April, leaders from USM and MGCCC announced the new agreement, which will allow…

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