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President Bill Clinton and Labor Secretary Alexis M. Herman today
announced that six states and Guam will receive $59.5 million in federal
welfare-to-work grants to help the hardest to employ welfare recipients get the
skills, work experience and resources they need to find and keep good jobs.
"The economy is the strongest it's been in a generation and since I came
into office we have dramatically reduced the number of welfare recipients in
this country," the president said. "But our work is not done. We cannot rest as
long as there are those struggling to participate in the growth and prosperity
of the nation. That is why these grants are so important, to help long-term
welfare recipients move from dependency to self-sufficiency."
"People want to work and provide better lives for themselves and their
families," Secretary Herman said. "These grants will help new workers overcome
obstacles that would keep them from being successful in a job, such as
accessible, affordable child care and a lack of transportation to get to a job.
With this money they can get the assistance they need to get work experience
and skills that will help them to get and keep good jobs."
Under the 1997 Budget Reconciliation Act, $2.2 billion is being
allocated by formula over two years to states based on their population of poor
people and adult recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Another
$711.5 million is being awarded on a competitive basis directly by the
secretary of labor to local communities for projects that are innovative in
their approach to helping adults to move from welfare to work.
The grants were announced today in a White House event commemorating
passage two years ago of welfare reform legislation. The grants are:
Maine, $5.1 million, Maryland, $14.9 million; New Hampshire, $2.7
million; New Mexico, $9.7 million; Virginia, $16.5 million; West Virginia, $9.8
million, and Guam, $585,252.
Today's grants bring the total number of states receiving their formula
grants to 38 plus Guam. The states are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
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