Golden Triangle Planning and Development District, Inc.

PUBLIC HEARING Due to  the COVID – 19 coronavirus pandemic, the Golden Triangle Planning and Development District/Area Agency on Aging and the Mississippi Division of Aging and Adult Services will not conduct a public hearing on their respective fiscal year 2021 plans for services to older adults.  However, this announcement provides an opportunity for individuals to comment on the goals outlined in this article. The Golden Triangle Area Agency on Aging provides services to older adults in Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Webster, and Win

Recently, you should have received instructions for completing you 2020 Census. Local communities depend on information from the Census Bureau to fund programs that promote the well-being of families and children as well as equal employment opportunities for you and your neighbors.

As of 3/17/2020 all Mapping/Addressing needs will be done by email. If you need an address application, please download the application below.

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DUE TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK, GTPDD WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. YOU MAY CALL (662) 324-7860 FOR ASSISTANCE. 

All aboard!  The Golden Triangle Planning and Development District is excited to announce that Dr. Mark Lehman will be visiting us on August 29th from 1-2:30 P.M.  He will be displaying his H0 Gauge Model Railroad Set.  This trainset is designed to look as if it is straight from the swamps of Southern Mississippi during the early 1900s.  The railroad features authentic engines and railroad cars from the 1940s to the 1960s.  Dr.

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) was established to provide nutritious commodities to help State and local agencies supplement food resources of the low-income elderly. Through local agencies, each participant receives a monthly package of commodities, based on food package guide rates developed by the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services (FNS). Food packages include such nutritious foods as milk, cereal, juices, canned fruits and vegetables, canned meat and other non-meat protein items, and grain products such as pasta or rice.

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) works to improve the health of low-income senior adults age 60 years and over by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA foods. The CSFP program is administered through the Food and Nutrition Service of the USDA.

The Golden Triangle Planning and Development District hosted Coffee with a Cop this morning.  We had a great turnout, and enjoyed meeting and getting to know our local law enforcement officers.  We also had a bittersweet afternoon celebrating loan officer Jimmy Cole’s retirement after 22 years of service to the PDD.  We had over 150 well-wishers, current and former colleagues attend a party in his honor.