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(Washington, D.C.) U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln, along
with Congressmen Marion Berry (AR-01), Vic Snyder (AR-02), John Boozman
(AR-03), and Mike Ross (AR-04), today announced an $800,000 grant from
the Department of Labor to provide employment assistance to hurricane evacuees
located in Arkansas. The Arkansas Workforce Investment Board and
the state Department of Workforce Services are currently coordinating efforts
with the U.S. Department of Labor to utilize the funding to match evacuees
looking for work with employers in Arkansas.
The Hurricane Reintegration Counselor Program is designed to provide
intensive career and life counseling directly to individuals displaced
by the hurricanes. The program works with state employment agencies
to place highly skilled reintegration counselors in areas where hurricane
evacuees are concentrated. Due to the large concentration of hurricane
evacuees in Arkansas, the state was chosen as one of twelve states to receive
the funding. Delegation members said the Arkansas Workforce Investment
Board and the state Department of Workforce Services plan on hiring eight
reintegration counselors that will travel the state and provide one-on-one
guidance to evacuees. |
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