The unemployment rate for people with disabilities istwice that of the general population, and they are also nearlythree times more likely to live in poverty than those withoutdisabilities, problems the federal government is trying to addressthrough grants aimed at connecting people with jobs.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its seventh roundof funding for the Disability Employment Initiative, which seeks tomatch employers with disabled people who would make goodemployees.

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

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