Helping our neighbors

help themselves and each other.

Delta
Advantage
Center

Delta Advantage Center (DAC) is a 501c3 nonprofit charitable organization headquartered in Moorhead, MS that serves residents of the Mississippi Delta. Since 2020, we have distributed more than 5 million pounds of food and household goods and we're not done yet!!

Healthy Food Financing Initiative Planning Grant (USDA)

We have exciting news! Delta Advantage Center (DAC) is one of 45 organizations across the US receiving funding through the 2024 HFFI Planning Grant Program designed to enhance healthy food access to areas in need.

DAC is the only organization in Mississippi to receive this award.

Our project will plan

1) to create a Mobile Market

2) to enhance Food Access at small local stores and

3) to establish a Farmers & Producers HUB

Partnerships

Sunflower County Search and Rescue - Training Site

•Mississippi Delta Community College – Training Site Lineman CDL

•The City of Moorhead - Statutory Partner

•Sunflower County Board of Supervisors – Public Private Partnership

•Mississippi State Representative Otis Anthony

•State of Mississippi Public Private Partnership

•Dollar General Distribution Center - Indianola

•Community Foundation of NW MS, The Maddox Foundation, and the Walton Foundation

•Moss & Associates (Solar Farms)

•BB King Museum Ambassadors

•Mississippi Food Network

• 21 churches in the Moorhead/MS Delta area

•Local Colleges and Universities

•Congressman Benny Thompson

•Other Federal, State, and Local Officials

Pending . . . . Your name and organization

19.7%

Food Security Rate in Sunflower County

18.8%

Food Insecurity Rate in Mississippi

13.5%

Food Insecurity Rate in the US

OUR HISTORY

Delta Advantage Center was conceived, born and launched in January 2020 out of love and respect for the people of the Mississippi Delta. The founders of the organization were both born, raised and educated in the Mississippi Delta and both of them wanted to give back to the communities that positively impacted their ability to become contributors despite the struggles that they faced.

As an organization, the first major obstacle that was addressed was the food insecurity. Our food distribution program began in April 2020 and continued throughout the year. These distributions were done throughout the year and included nine months of the Covid 19 Pandemic. Food Distributions remain one of the ways that the organization continues to meet the needs of the community.

The organization requested and was granted 501-C designation in July 2020. We acquired the old Allen Canning Facility in Morehead, Mississippi. The building had been vacant for more than a decade and the building had greatly deteriorated. Vandals tore out all the copper wiring, destroyed walls, and fixtures, there were infestations and the exterior grounds were badly overgrown. There was major damage to the roof of the building causing major internal damages as well.

We continue to work to renovate the property. These pictures reflect some of work that we’ve done thus far and our vision for the work that we plan to do.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy

Delta Advantage Center is committed to maintaining an environment that is diverse, inclusive, and equitable where all staff, partners, volunteers, vendors, and board members are treated with respect and dignity.

For the purposes of this statement,

Diversity refers to race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual identity, familial status, age, disability, and socio-economic status.

Inclusion is valuing, respecting, and encouraging the full participation of everyone in the life and leadership of the organization.

Equity is a process that ensures all people can contribute, develop, and grow despite racial, and socio-economic inequities.

We are an organization that celebrates the rich diversity of our community. We will not tolerate discrimination, biases, harassment, or bullying of any kind. We support the community regardless of race, socio-economic status, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, gender, or marital status.

As an organization and Board of Directors, we agree to be guided by these principles and pledge that they will be reflected in our vision, mission, planning, programming, and governance. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion extends to our staff, volunteers, and the programs we develop and support.

Our reporting process includes open communication with a written and signed statement reporting instances of abuses. Inquiries will be conducted, and individual privacy for all parties will be respected.