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Georgia Unemployment Grant

May 29th, 2007 Posted by Amelia

If you keep up with the blogs on this site, you probably have a good understanding of how important the WIRED grants provided by the U.S. Dept. of Labor are in lowering high regional unemployment and developing local economies.
Currently, the United States as a whole is enjoying low unemployment rates. Figures around 4% overall isn’t too bad, when you consider that unemployment rates below 5% qualify as a labor shortage. Very educated and skilled individuals have an unemployment rate of slightly less than 2% across the country.
However, in the eyes of some, there still aren’t enough jobs in this country. It is true that not everyone has a job right now, but the country as a whole is fine. The regional unemployment grants are vital in assisting the areas of the nation where unemployment is higher than the national average. Helping local economies develop is the key to keeping the national unemployment average down.
A Georgia unemployment grant would really help the state, don’t you think? The second round of WIRED grants did actually award the state with an unemployment grant. The Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao recently announced yet another competition for WIRED grants. The Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development Initiative, or WIRED, started out in 2006 and is now being offered a third time. It is a highly competitive process for attaining the award of a grant. It is always worth the chance to make a proposal. Who would want the extra gift of funding to help boost the local economy?
Just like the first two calls for proposals, every state and territory governor can apply. Secretary Elaine Chao sent a personal invitation to all of the governors in the country announcing the competition. Each governor gets two chances at being selected. A grant proposal can be set up to $5 million! If they can show a good plan to help their economy and other fund sources, they can meet the qualifications to win a grant.
Good luck to all!