North Carolina counties hit by Hurricane Helene last year will get $4 million in new money from the federal government for temporary jobs and workforce training, Gov. Josh Stein announced Friday.
The grant funds, awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor, represent the rest of a $10 million award designed to employ displaced workers to help recovery and humanitarian efforts. The grant also pays for local workforce development boards to train workers at community colleges and other locations.
“This federal grant will enable folks in western North Carolina who are out of work to get a job helping their neighbors and businesses recover and rebuild,” Stein said in a statement. “It is a win-win.”
More than 275 North Carolinians have participated in the program since it was created last year, according to the governor’s office. Workers may be eligible if they have been “temporarily or permanently laid off” as a result of Helene. The program supports wages up to 2,008 hours per worker with a minimum wage of $15 per hour.
A division within the North Carolina Department of Commerce will administer the money, partnering with five workforce development boards that span the entire western region of the state.
Early jobs under the program focused on cleanup, said Nathan Ramsey, the director of the Mountain Area Workforce Development Board. Now, many of the job placements have evolved to focus on homebuilding and other long-term recovery roles.
“Our region has spent over a million dollars on that program, and supporting individuals who were helping our region recover,” Ramsey said.
Stein has asked the federal government to send an additional $38 million for workforce support as part of a larger funding request to continue recovering from Helene.
Looking to apply? Go to ncworks.gov or contact your local NCWorks Career Center.
Updated at 12:09 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27.
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