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VETS News Release: [1/17/2005]
Contact Name: Dirk Fillpot or Mike Biddle
Phone Number: 202-693-4676 or x5051
Release Number: 06-0072-NAT
Labor Department Awards $99,000 Grant to Help Veterans
Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Find Jobs
WASHINGTON—The Labor Department has awarded a $99,000 non-competitive grant to help veterans uprooted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita find jobs.
"Homeless veterans face special challenges in rebuilding their lives in the aftermath of the two hurricanes," said Charles B. Ciccolella, assistant secretary of labor for veterans' employment and training. "This grant will help veterans who are resettling in several Texas communities access the job training and placement services they need to find work and build a better life."
American GI Forum, National Veterans Outreach Program Inc., San Antonio, will receive the emergency funding for a grant period ending June 30 to service the Texas communities of Beaumont, Port Arthur and Houston.
Administered by the Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service, the Veterans Workforce Investment Program grant is intended to help 34 veterans and place 24 of them in jobs for a 71 percent entered employment rate at an average wage of $9.82 an hour.
Veterans Workforce Investment Program grants help veterans from targeted groups overcome employment barriers and ease their transition into unsubsidized jobs. Through these programs, veterans receive skills assessment, individual job counseling, labor market information, classroom or on-the-job training, skills upgrading and retraining, placement assistance and crucial follow-up services.
Veterans receiving assistance under these programs may also be eligible for services under other Workforce Investment Act programs for economically disadvantaged or dislocated workers.
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