The U.S. Department of Labor is distributing a $7.7 million National Emergency Grant increment that is to be used to continue funding about 700 temporary jobs for eligible dislocated workers to assist with ongoing cleanup and recovery efforts after severe storms and floods hit southeastern Ohio between April 4 and May 15, 2011.
The grant, which is awarded to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, is to be used to assist the 15 counties: Athens, Belmont, Gallia, Guernsey, Hocking, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Ross, Scioto, Vinton and Washington.
"Southeastern Ohioans are still recovering from the damage inflicted by the severe storms and floods of the spring of 2011," says Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "The additional federal funding announced today will provide much needed assistance, so residents can rebuild their lives and communities and, at the same time, offer jobs to those in need of employment."
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According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the counties that are receiving this grant are eligible for its Public Assistance Program on July 13, 2011. The first National Emergency Grant was awarded on Aug. 8, 2011, for up to $16,233,360, and $3,500,000 was initially distributed. In January 2012, an increment of $5 million was given, and the third and final increment completes the total funds. 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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