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Arkansas to receive funding to aid recovery following severing storms
State: Arkansas
Type of Award: National Dislocated Worker Grant
Initial Amount Released: $740,000
Total Award Amount Approved: $2.2 million
Funding Awarded to: Arkansas Department of Workforce Services
Number of Workers Served: Approximately 111
Use of Funds: The funding of this National Dislocated Worker Grant award will create temporary jobs for eligible individuals to assist with clean-up and recovery efforts as a result of the effects of severe storms in Arkansas, which impacted the state's western portion from May 7 through June 15, 2015. The NEG was approved for up to $2,200,000, with $740,000 to be released initially, to create about 111 temporary jobs on projects to assist with clean-up, demolition, repair, renovation and reconstruction of destroyed public structures, facilities and lands within the affected communities.