| The University of Texas–Pan American intends to use its Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities (HSIAC) grant to take information, resources, and training out to residents of the relatively isolated Delta Region communities through the use of the university’s proposed Mobile Community-Development Initiative (MCDI). The mobile unit is a 38-foot air-conditioned fifth-wheel trailer, equipped with seating and laptop computers and Internet access for up to 15 persons. Staffed by a trainer and community development specialists, the unit will be towed by truck to low-income neighborhoods in the Delta Region to provide resources, information, and training to low-income residents on a variety of community needs as identified by residents in the Delta Region Revitalization Corporation's Comprehensive Strategic Plan for Economic Development and other planning documents and surveys. Through MCDI, residents will gain convenient access to information, resources, and training that will stabilize and contribute to sustainable development of the Delta Region communities.
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