Citywide Easter Egg Hunt set
The Pine Bluff Police Department will present the Citywide Easter Egg Hunt from noon to 2 p.m. April 3 at the Civic Center lawn, 200 E. Eighth Ave. The hunt is for children toddler age through 16 as well as for senior citizens.
The event will be a family fun affair with free food, prize eggs and other items, according to a post on the police department’s Facebook page. Details: (870) 730-2073.
TOPPS to give away food
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TOPPS Inc., 1000 Townsend Drive, will hold its April food distribution at 10 a.m. April 14. The first-come, first-served method will be used. Participants must provide proof of ID. One food box per household will be given and participants must be present to receive a box, according to a news release.
Sponsors include Canaan Christian Center, Walmart, Super 1 Foods, Calvary Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas Food Bank, Arkansas Hunger Alliance, and private donors.
TOPPS (Targeting Our People’s Priorities with Service) is a non-profit organization. Details: Annette Howard Dove, TOPPS founder/director, (870) 850-6011.
Help offered to farm workers
The National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) helps laid-off farm and agricultural workers transition to more stable jobs in agriculture or to successfully transition to other occupations, according to a news release from Clevon Young, executive director of the Arkansas Human Development Corp.
The corporation uses local training providers, such as community and technical colleges and private training providers, to provide testing, counseling, and training.
To participate, individuals must have performed qualifying farm work or paid agricultural work within the past two years, been seasonally, underemployed, or laid off, be a U.S. citizen or legally authorized to work in the U.S., registered with Selective Services, if a male between the ages of 18 and 25. Support services, an hourly stipend, tuition assistance, and emergency services are also available.
If you are interested, contact Arkansas Human Development Corp. at 800-482-7641, www.arhdc.org, or visit one of the regional offices.
Revenue offices utilizes QR codes
Customers visiting the state Revnue Offices may now go online to make appointments or use their Smartphone to scan in a QR code when visiting the offices.
Appointments for any Revenue Office service can be made at AR MyDMV and an Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration employee will be prepared to serve clients.
Scanning in a QR code instead of getting a ticket and waiting at the offices is part of the DFA’s queuing system in state Revenue Offices.
“It is one more way DFA is looking to deliver a great customer experience,” said Scott Hardin, spokesman for the Department of Finance and Administration. “Other examples include the new appointment system (making an online appointment and eliminating waiting), eliminating credit card fees, posting consistent, clear signage at all offices, new cleaning protocols throughout the day, and additional, smaller improvements.”
Regarding queuing, DFA will be adding monitors in offices so customers know exactly where they stand after checking in.
“However, using this system is certainly not required and there is an alternative if they don’t have a mobile device. They may simply tell a DFA employee what they need to do, and we will take care of it, ensuring they are served as quickly as possible. Lack of a mobile device in no way prohibits someone from being served,” Hardin said.