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The U.S. Department of Labor is providing up to $4 million
to the Oregon Economic Development Department for a project it will operate to
assist 500 workers who lost their jobs due to extensive flooding.
"These are people who have seen their towns, their homes
and finally their jobs destroyed by floods," said Labor Secretary Robert B.
Reich. "The emergency grant I'm awarding today will give them a chance to earn
a paycheck while they help rebuild their communities. They have lost a great
deal due to the flooding, and now we can't afford to lose their ability or
their desire to work."
The award is authorized under emergency provisions of the
Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to fund special temporary jobs that would
benefit the public and help dislocated workers resume regular employment. The
program will cover workers in at least 20 counties that have been declared
eligible for public assistance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Participants will work for up to six months with public or private non-profit
agencies to help with clean-up, repair and restoration efforts.
The dislocated worker program is a comprehensive retraining
approach to assist workers who have been, or are about to be, laid off for
reasons such as technological change, foreign competition, natural disasters or
government actions. Generally such workers are eligible if they are unlikely to
return to their previous industry or occupation.
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