What's Happening in the States - August 2023

ARKANSAS

• Arkansas’ Unemployment Insurance Program Partners with USPS to Offer ID Proofing at more than 200 Post Offices

CALIFORNIA

• California Providing Free Legal Services for Undocumented Farmworkers

• California Helping Underserved Populations Enter the Workforce with More Than $11 Million in New Funding

• Disaster Unemployment Assistance Now Available to Workers Impacted by Winter Storms in Nevada County

CONNECTICUT

• CT Department of Labor launches their first-ever legal webpage. View legal webpage

MAINE

• Maine Department of Labor to Start Rulemaking Process in the Fall for Paid Family Medical Leave Program

• 20 New Paramedics to Graduate Tonight With Tuition Support from Governor’s Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan

• [WEBINAR] Providing Reemployment Services to a Large-Scale Multi-Language Layoff

MASSACHUSSETTS

• Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $2.5 Million for Re-Entry Workforce Training Grants for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

• Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $3.5 Million in New Grants to Eliminate Barriers to Employment, Increase Access to High-Quality Job Training

• Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $34 Million to Hire over 7,600 Youth for Employment Opportunities

NEW JERSEY

• Evidence of Worker Exploitation Stops Work at 110 Job Sites

SOUTH DAKOTA

• Gov. Kristi Noem lauds workforce marketing campaign’s success, unveils partner NASCAR

• Gov. Noem's Freedom Works Here Clears 2,000 Applications

• Governor Noem Announces Teacher Apprenticeship Pathway

WASHINGTON, D.C.

•  UDC and Howard University Partner to Train Modern Healthcare Workforce

•  Borgeson highlights first Job Quality Academy Summit in Washington

•  Rockville Goodwill Receives Grant To Support Job Reentry Program