December 8, 2015

ETA News Brief: Guam to receive $2.1M in incremental funding to continue clean-up and recovery efforts after Typhoon Dolphin [12/08/2015]

Territory: Guam

Type of Award: National Dislocated Worker Grant incremental

Incremental Amount Released: $2,174,453

Total Award Amount Approved: $2,722,641

Funding Awarded to: Guam Agency for Human Resources Development

Number of Workers Served: Approximately 215

November 17, 2015

ETA News Brief: California to receive $6M in incremental funding to continue temporary employment services to workers affected by California drought [11/17/2015]

State: California

Type of Award: National Dislocated Worker Grant incremental

Incremental Amount Released: $6 million

Total Award Amount Approved: $18 million

Funding Awarded to: California Employment Development Department

Number of Workers Served: Approximately 1,000

November 17, 2015

ETA News Release: $20 million in additional funds available as part of Obama administration's efforts to end cycle of poverty, criminality and incarceration [11/17/2015]

Training to Work grants improve employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated adults

WASHINGTON — State and federal prisons release more than 600,000 people each year. Back in society — without the benefits of a steady job — far too many are likely to return.

November 9, 2015

ETA News Brief: National Dislocated Worker Grant of up to $3.2M awarded to assist South Carolina storm recovery [11/09/2015]

State: South Carolina

Type of Award: National Dislocated Worker Grant

Total Amount Approved: $3,223,968

Initial Award Amount Released: $1,074,656

Funding Awarded to: South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce

Number of Workers Served: Approximately 165

November 5, 2015

ETA News Release: US Labor Department proposes rule to help employers, sponsors grow, diversify their apprenticeship programs [11/05/2015]

Rule would update Equal Employment Opportunity regulations for first time since 1978

October 27, 2015

ETA News Release: Department awards $2.75M to help Kentucky workers affected by coal mining industry layoffs rejoin workforce [10/27/2015]

Grant to provide reemployment services, training for more than 400 additional workers

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the funding of a supplemental National Dislocated Worker Grant of $2.75 million to provide for reemployment and training services in Kentucky. The new funding will assist current program participants as well as an additional 406 targeted participants impacted by recent layoffs.

October 19, 2015

ETA News Release: New Hampshire Job Corps Center opens in Manchester, brings program to all 50 states for first time[10/19/2015]

Federal, state and local leaders, officials attend ribbon-cutting ceremony

WASHINGTON — Fifty-one years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, in which its preamble states: "the United States can achieve its full economic and social potential as a nation only if every individual has the opportunity to contribute to the full extent of his capabilities and to participate in the workings of our society."

October 13, 2015

ETA News Release: New rules strengthen protections for workers who herd livestock on the range [10/13/2015]

Department establishes wage methodology, including improved housing standards

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor announced a Final Rule today on the employment of foreign workers in jobs related to the herding of livestock on the range, including the herding of sheep and goats. The regulation, the H-2A Herder Final Rule, implements a methodology to address wage stagnation and prevent adverse effects on U.S. workers.