{"id":5793,"date":"2011-08-09T19:22:38","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T23:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/?p=5793"},"modified":"2011-08-09T19:22:38","modified_gmt":"2011-08-09T23:22:38","slug":"us-department-of-labor-provides-funding-to-assist-workers-in-somerset-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/2011\/08\/us-department-of-labor-provides-funding-to-assist-workers-in-somerset-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"US Department of Labor Provides Funding to Assist Workers in Somerset, Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img alignright size-medium wp-image-5794\" style=\"width:300px;\">\r\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/201108091.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/201108091-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"US Department of Labor Provides Funding to Assist Workers in Somerset, Pennsylvania\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<div>US Department of Labor Provides Funding to Assist Workers in Somerset, Pennsylvania<\/div>\r\n<\/div>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dol.gov\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">US Department of Labor (DOL)<\/a> recently announced a $670,000 National Emergency Grant to provide re-employment services to approximately 145 former workers of FTCA, Inc. (FTCA) who were affected by layoffs at the company\u2019s plant in Somerset, PA. FTCA closed the travel trailer and recreational camper manufacturing facility in January.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOL Secretary Solis Comments on Grant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s grant will help these workers update their skills in order to obtain employment in growing local industries,\u201d said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. \u201cThe Labor Department is committed to helping American workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own, prepare for the jobs of the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grant Will Be Operated by Southern Alleghenies Workforce Investment Board<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Awarded to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, this grant will be operated by the Southern Alleghenies Workforce Investment Board to provide these dislocated workers, all of whom are certified as eligible for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), with access to \u201cwrap-around\u201d and supportive services not available through the TAA program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Funding May be Available at a Later Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of the total award, $334,864 will be released initially. Additional funding up to the amount approved will be made available as the state demonstrates a continued need for assistance.<\/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 Somerset, Pennsylvania The US Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced a $670,000 National Emergency Grant to provide re-employment services to approximately 145 former workers of FTCA, Inc. (FTCA) who were affected by layoffs at the company\u2019s plant in Somerset, PA. FTCA closed the travel trailer [&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":[1608,840,1566,219,1609,89],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5793"}],"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=5793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5795,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5793\/revisions\/5795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}