Need Work? Green River Workforce Board Gets Grant for Temporary Jobs

The Green River Workforce Investment Board has received a $340,000 grant to employ 32 eligible dislocated workers to assist with cleanup and recovery efforts from this spring’s severe storms, tornadoes and flooding. 

The National Emergency Grant (NEG) program, through the U.S. Department of Labor, provides funds for temporary employment on projects to help with cleanup, demolition, repair, renovation and reconstruction of destroyed public structures, facilities and lands.

Hancock, Henderson and Webster county fiscal courts, as well as the cities of Calhoun, Hawesville, Livermore and Owensboro, have requested workers through this grant. 

To be eligible to participate in this program, an individual must be dislocated as a result of the disaster, no longer receiving Unemployment Insurance, or unemployed for at least 27 weeks.

This grant is part of a $4.2 million NEG allocation for the commonwealth of Kentucky to create approximately 317 temporary jobs.

For more details or to apply for a position, please visit www.GRADDcom or contact GRADD workforce development program planner Jodi Rafferty at (270) 926-4433. Local communities interested in serving as temporary worksites are also urged to contact GRADD.