A Letcher County native received a national award for her efforts during the July 2022 flood. Bridget Back is the Deputy Director of the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program (EKCEP).

(WKYT) - Businesses and local economies in flood-ravaged areas of eastern Kentucky ... Thanks to a grant from the Department of Labor, EKCEP is working with contractors and businesses by ...

(LEX 18) — A workforce development agency is hosting hiring events in Eastern Kentucky to find people to help with flood cleanup ... according to EKCEP agency ambassador and industry liaison ...

The money will help EKCEP continue its program called Hiring Our Miners Everyday, or H.O.M.E. Coal companies in Eastern Kentucky have cut more than 7,000 jobs since early 2012, or nearly half the ...