{"id":5876,"date":"2011-08-23T18:01:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T22:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/?p=5876"},"modified":"2011-08-23T18:01:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T22:01:45","slug":"us-department-of-labor-provides-funding-to-assist-workers-in-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/2011\/08\/us-department-of-labor-provides-funding-to-assist-workers-in-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"US Department of Labor Provides Funding to Assist Workers in Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img alignright size-medium wp-image-5877\" style=\"width:219px;\">\r\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110823.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110823-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"US Department of Labor Provides Funding to Assist Workers in Idaho\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<div>US Department of Labor Provides Funding to Assist Workers in Idaho<\/div>\r\n<\/div>The US Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced a $1,825,595 National Emergency Grant to provide re-employment services to about 250 workers laid off by XL Four Star Beef Inc., following the June closure of the company\u2019s beef processing and packing plant in Nampa, Idaho.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOL Secretary Solis Comments on Grant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that it is difficult to find a job in an area experiencing high unemployment. That\u2019s why this federal grant which will support the retraining of Canyon County residents is so important,\u201d said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. \u201cThe Obama administration is committed to assisting both these workers, and at the same time Idaho\u2019s businesses, by making sure the local labor force is ready and able to help support the state\u2019s growing industries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funds Are Awarded to the <\/strong><strong>Idaho Department of Labor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The grant is being awarded to the Idaho Department of Labor, which will use skill assessment tools and career counseling to identify education and retraining opportunities, including English for speakers of other languages instruction. Of the total funding amount, $928,386 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 Idaho The US Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced a $1,825,595 National Emergency Grant to provide re-employment services to about 250 workers laid off by XL Four Star Beef Inc., following the June closure of the company\u2019s beef processing and packing plant in Nampa, Idaho. [&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":[1624,840,101,1625,1566,89,1623],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876"}],"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=5876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5880,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions\/5880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.visionpayroll.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}