{"id":5661,"date":"2011-07-25T17:48:29","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T21:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/?p=5661"},"modified":"2011-07-25T17:48:29","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T21:48:29","slug":"us-department-of-labor-provides-funding-to-assist-workers-in-spearfish-south-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/2011\/07\/us-department-of-labor-provides-funding-to-assist-workers-in-spearfish-south-dakota\/","title":{"rendered":"US Department of Labor Provides Funding to Assist Workers in Spearfish, South Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img alignright size-medium wp-image-5663\" style=\"width:300px;\">\r\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110725.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110725-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"US Department of Labor Provides Funding to Assist Workers in Spearfish, South Dakota\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<div>US Department of Labor Provides Funding to Assist Workers in Spearfish, South Dakota<\/div>\r\n<\/div>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dol.gov\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">US Department of Labor<\/a> today announced a $379,500 National Emergency Grant to provide training and employment services to about 200 workers affected by the closure of the Premier Bankcard call center in Spearfish, SD. The company announced in May that it would be closing the center and permanently laying off its workers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOL Secretary Solis Comments on Grant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis grant will help dislocated workers by equipping them with the skills necessary to obtain good, stable jobs in the area\u2019s high-growth industries,\u201d said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grant Awarded to the South Dakota Department of Labor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Awarded to the South Dakota Department of Labor, the grant will provide services that focus on supporting the needs of local industries, including health care and education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Emergency Grants Are Part of Discretionary Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>National Emergency Grants are part of the secretary of labor\u2019s discretionary fund and are awarded based on a state\u2019s ability to meet specific guidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Department of Labor Provides Funding to Assist Workers in Spearfish, South Dakota The US Department of Labor today announced a $379,500 National Emergency Grant to provide training and employment services to about 200 workers affected by the closure of the Premier Bankcard call center in Spearfish, SD. The company announced in May that it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[840,1566,111,1586,89],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5665,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5661\/revisions\/5665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}