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. (AXcess News) The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a grant of $1.3 million to the state of Oklahoma to provide employment assistance and training to Hurricane Katrina evacuees. The funds, awarded to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, will assist approximately 531 evacuees statewide. "Oklahomans have been very generous in helping Katrina survivors get on with their lives, " said Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. "This $1.3 million grant will enable the state to provide job training and job placement so that they can rebuild careers and their lives."
Thinkpad (AXcess News) Washington - The U.S. Department of Labor today
announced a grant of $1.3 million to the state of Oklahoma to
provide employment assistance and training to Hurricane Katrina
evacuees. The funds, awarded to the Oklahoma Employment Security
Commission, will assist approximately 531 evacuees statewide.
In addition, Cingular has created initiatives to raise millions of dollars for Katrina victims and to assist its own employees who have been affected by the disaster. - The Cingular Cares Initiative, which will provide immediate relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina and will also establish a sustainable fund for providing assistance in future natural disasters. million dollar effort to be funded through the company's
Microsoft "Oklahomans have been very generous in helping Katrina survivors
get on with their lives," said Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao.
"This $1.3 million grant will enable the state to provide job
training and job placement so that they can rebuild careers and
their lives."
In addition, the new law rewards those generous homeowners (and renters) with a special tax deduction for tax years beginning in 2005 or 2006. Individuals who use their principal residence to provide housing free of charge to evacuees (referred to as Hurricane Katrina displaced individuals) for at least 60 consecutive days may claim a special $500 deduction from taxable income for each evacuee residing in the taxpayer home. The deduction is capped at $2, 000 total and may be claimed once for all tax years (which effectively limits it to providing shelter for four evacuees). The shelter also must be in the taxpayer principal residence. In addition, the evacuee principal place of residence must have been in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area as of August 28, 2005.
Laptop Computers The grant will provide vocational training and job search
assistance for evacuees looking to resettle. Additional services
will include state and local efforts to disseminate information on
how to
access Unemployment Insurance
(UI) and Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA).
(AXcess News) The good news is in spite of all the problems New Orleans faces in the wake of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, violent crime is down in The Big Easy. - - to New Orleans refugees. The Houston police department reports a 23 percent increase in murders over the last year with some of the 150, 000 evacuees responsible.
Laptop Computer "Gulf
Coast citizens preparing for new
careers and re-establishing stable lives need assistance," said
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Emily
Stover DeRocco. Oklahoma will use this grant to help evacuees
gain access to the training they need as they move past this
trying chapter of their lives.
" establishing stable lives need assistance, " said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Emily Stover DeRocco. Oklahoma will use this grant to help evacuees gain access to the training they need as they move past this trying chapter of their lives.
Desktop Computer National Emergency Grants are part of the Secretary's
discretionary fund and are awarded based on a state's ability to
meet specific guidelines. To access the Katrina Recovery Job
Connection, please visit
http://www.jobsearch.org/katrinajobs or
America's Job Bank at
www.ajb.org.
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