Delta Regional Authority
Staresha Hoskins is the owner of S&H Financial Consulting, LLC, providing professional and quality credit restoration services since October 2020. In addition, Staresha has served as a Program Project Manager at Delta Regional Authority since July 2014. Staresha holds a Master of Science in Community Development and a Bachelor of Science in Social Sciences, both earned from Delta State University, with the master’s degree completed in 2014 and the bachelor’s degree in 2012.
Delta Regional Authority
The DRA was established in 2000 as a formal framework for joint Federal-State collaboration to promote and encourage the economic development of the lower Mississippi River and Alabama Black Belt regions. To fulfill this purpose, DRA invests in projects supporting transportation infrastructure, basic public infrastructure, workforce training, and business development. DRA works to create jobs, build communities, and improve the lives of those that reside in the region. DRA’s region encompasses 252 counties and parishes in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. DRA’s enabling legislation dictates that at least 75% of DRA’s funds must be invested in economically distressed counties and parishes and isolated areas within non-distressed counties and parishes. In addition, half of DRA’s funds must support transportation infrastructure and basic public infrastructure.