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For more information call: (202) 219-6871.
The U.S. Department of Labor is awarding 11 grants totaling
$5.3 million to develop more effective ways to help laid-off workers find jobs,
Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich announced today. Organizations receiving job
development broker demonstration grants include an employer association, a
union and several universities and community colleges.
"This initiative both expands the options available to
dislocated workers and provides a surer path to reemployment," said Reich. "Job
development brokers bring together the elements that laid-off workers need to
get the next job. They arrange for the appropriate training and provide support
services so the workers can compete successfully for those jobs."
Job brokers will coordinate employers, displaced workers
and training programs by first going to employers and asking them to promise a
job, determining what training that job requires, then going to a training
facility and helping design tailored training to fit the job. The brokers then
find displaced workers, enlist them in training and offer counseling throughout
the training and during the first three months on the job.
The services available to job seekers will include
assessment of their skills and abilities, career counseling, customized
classroom and on-the-job training, academic tutoring, work internships and job
placement. Supportive services such as child care and transportation assistance
will be available as necessary to enable project participants to engage in
training.
The department expects the broker system will be cost
effective. If the demonstration strategy is successful, a job development
marketplace could be developed where brokers compete to provide assistance to
workers on the basis of performance and customer satisfaction.
These demonstration projects are part of a comprehensive
approach to assist workers who have been, or are about to be, laid off for
reasons such as technological change, foreign competition or government
actions. In general, such workers are eligible if they are unlikely to return
to their previous industry or occupation.
The 11 projects were selected from 27 proposals submitted
in response to a Federal Register notice issued on November 4, 1994. Ten
projects will operate in seven states while one nationwide project will serve
workers in 17 states. A list of grantees is attached.
JOB DEVELOPMENT BROKER DEMONSTRATION GRANT
AWARDS
GRANTEE PROJECT LOCATION(S) AND AWARD Information
- Community ServicesCorporation(Corvallis, Oregon)
Benton, Lincoln
and LinnCounties, Oregon
$435,623
Laborer's InternationalUnion of North America(Washington,
D.C.) California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Southern Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
Nevada, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont $750,000
- State University of New York, Educational
Opportunity Center
(EOC)
of the Bronx
New York, New York
$565,243
Career Centers of Southwest Virginia, Inc (Lebanon,
Virginia) Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Tazewell and Wise Counties
and the City of Norton, Virginia $480,988
- Tarrant County Junior College (Fort Worth, Texas)
Tarrant County
and the City of Fort Worth, Texas
$387,838
- Pima County Community Services (Tucson, Arizona)
Pima County and
the City of Tucson, Arizona
$250,349
Arapahoe County Employment and Training Division (Aurora,
Colorado) Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver and Jefferson Counties and the City
of Denver, Colorado $350,000
- City University of New York (CUNY)
New York, New York
$507,357
Alarm Association of Florida, Inc. (Tallahassee, Florida)
Broward, Dade, Escambia, Monroe, Orange, and Osceola Counties and the City of
Tampa, Florida $475,538
- New Horizon, Inc. (El Paso, Texas)
El Paso County and the City of
El Paso, Texas
$464,819
University of Texas at El Paso El Paso County, Texas
$629,313
TOTAL $5,295,861
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