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DOL approves $10M grant for disaster-relief jobs, training in North Carolina

DOL approves $10M grant for disaster-relief jobs, training in North Carolina

SIA Editorial Staff
| October 11, 2024
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The US Department of Labor approved up to $10 million in initial emergency grant funding to support disaster-relief jobs and training in North Carolina to help respond to Hurricane Helene.

Hurricane Helene made landfall on Sept. 26 in Florida and pushed through Georgia and the Carolinas as a tropical storm. It brought the worst flooding in a century to North Carolina, resulting in more than 100 deaths and wiping out entire towns, according to the DOL.

“The Employment and Training Administration is committed to ensuring workers in North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene have access to grant funding and assistance,” Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training José Javier Rodríguez said in a press release. “This Dislocated Worker Grant provides critical support by providing jobs to affected workers while helping North Carolina in its recovery efforts.”

Grant funding will support 25 affected counties in North Carolina: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Clay, Cleveland, Gaston, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes and Yancey.