New aid for jobless based on old data
June 10, 2009
Divided evenly among the state's unemployed, the $102 million in stimulus money that the Ohio Department of Job and Family Service distributed to regional work force agencies would amount to $170 per person, based on the state's April jobless numbers.
In Franklin County, the Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corp. received $7 million in stimulus money, doubling the federal money available to the jobs program this year. That's about $141 per unemployed worker in the county. At $170 per worker, Franklin County would receive nearly $1.5 million more...
Divided evenly among the state's unemployed, the $102 million in stimulus money that the Ohio Department of Job and Family Service distributed to regional work force agencies would amount to $170 per person, based on the state's April jobless numbers.
In Franklin County, the Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corp. received $7 million in stimulus money, doubling the federal money available to the jobs program this year. That's about $141 per unemployed worker in the county. At $170 per worker, Franklin County would receive nearly $1.5 million more...
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