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Free job services available to Mainers affected by opioid Wed, 12/23/2020 - 3:45pm
Hundreds of people affected by the opioid crisis in Maine are beginning to receive much-needed help through a $2.6 million grant from the United States Department of Labor. Hoping to help more people this winter, Workforce Solutions is seeking more participants for these free job services, according to Goodwill Northern New England, in a news release.
“The opioid crisis has had severe impacts on workers nationally and Maine is no exception,” said Antoinette Mancusi, executive director of Coastal Counties Workforce, Inc. “Opioid abuse affects both employed and unemployed individuals – we know the effects of addiction are widespread. This grant will help support both people who have used opioids directly and family members.
will include, transitional employment, pair ex-convicts with peer navigators for 8500 ex-cons per year and $10 million per year, $7 million on wages, $2 million for tuition support and $800,000 for peer navigators. a big cost to taxpayers. we have existing programs, take our regular benefit program, 365,512 new yorkers with financial assistance programs, that agency places 30 people in jobs in a month, less than 1%. these people trying in earnest to get a job, homeless veterans bill diblasio talks about, we have the capacity to add 10,000 new jobs. 4.8% is the unemployment rate