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United States Department of Labor sent this bulletin at 06/29/2015 04:31 PM EDT

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$80M awarded to help unemployment insurance beneficiaries through improved reemployment services, eligibility assessments
06/29/2015 03:15 PM EDT

Unemployment Insurance benefits and state workforce agencies are vital to unemployed Americans who rely on both as they work to find new employment. To support their efforts, the U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $80 million to workforce agencies - in 44 states and in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia - to provide re-employment and eligibility assessments. The funds will also implement the new Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments program. 
$10 million in grants awarded for nine states to improve and align workforce and education data
06/29/2015 02:00 PM EDT

Effective workforce strategies depend on good data to understand how education programs affect employment outcomes better. To maintain the highest quality data possible, the U.S. Department of Labor and workforce agencies nationwide are working together in the Workforce Data Quality Initiative.
MSHA to award $1 million in grants for mine safety training
06/29/2015 11:30 AM EDT

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today the availability of $1 million for training or training materials to support mine rescue or mine emergency preparedness in underground mines. MSHA will evaluate applications and then award Brookwood-Sago mine safety grants in individual grants of at least $50,000 and up to $250,000.