The U.S. Department of Labor is issuing a $3,145,776 National Emergency Grant increment to continue its re-employment assistance to approximately 600 workers who were laid off at 21 Houston-area companies.
For the most part, the layoffs stemmed from the termination of the Space Shuttle Program by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Many of the people who were laid off worked as contractors for the program at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
Among the impacted companies are Ares Aerospace & Technology Services, BAE Systems and Mobility Protection, Barrios Technology, Bastion Technologies Inc., Boeing, Cimmaron, ERC Inc., Fluor, GB Tech, Hamilton Sunstrand, Jacobs/IESCG, Lockheed Martin, MEI Technologies, MRI Technologies, Oceaneering Space Systems, REDE/Critique, NSS, SAIC, SGT, Tessada & Associates, U.S.A. and Wyle Life Sciences.
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"The additional federal funding announced today will provide these workers continued access to job placement assistance, skills training and other re-employment services to help them find new careers in high-growth industries," says Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis.
This National Emergency Grant was approved Sept. 8, 2010, for up to $5,367,340, with $2,221,564 first released. The latest increment, which was awarded to the Texas Workforce Commission, completes the total available. National Emergency Grants are included in the secretary of labor's discretionary fund and are distributed based on a state's ability to meet certain guidelines.
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