The unemployment rate for people with disabilities is twice that of the general population, and they are also nearly three times more likely to live in poverty than those without disabilities, problems the federal government is trying to address through grants aimed at connecting people with jobs.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its seventh round of funding for the Disability Employment Initiative, which seeks to match employers with disabled people who would make good employees.

The total spending since 2010 on the initiative has now reached $123 million, the department recently announced. The most recent part is a $14.9 million grant directed at a handful of states — California, Idaho, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Maryland.