L&I receives $3.6M federal grant for dislocated workers
HARRISBURG – Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Julia Hearthway said Tuesdaythat the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded Pennsylvania a $3.6 million grant to provide training to dislocated workers statewide.
The Dislocated Worker Training National Emergency Grant, which will be administered by the Department of Labor & Industry’s workforce development system, will support training and credential attainment focused on, but not limited to, careers in advanced manufacturing, energy and health care.
“The grant will support one of Governor Corbett’s key agenda items – to help our workers who are in need of a job find their way to stable employment,” Hearthway said.
The Department of Labor & Industry will offer training priority to the long-term unemployed, those likely to exhaust unemployment compensation benefits before reconnecting to the labor force, plus veterans and eligible spouses.
National Emergency Grants, administered by the Employment and Training Administration a division of the U.S. Department of Labor, provide federal funding assistance to states and local workforce investment boards to quickly re-employ laid-off workers by offering training to increase occupational skills in various regions throughout the commonwealth.