Unemployed Get Grants for More Education, Training

Obama Proposes Unemployed Get Grants for More Education, Training
The president was outlining steps Friday to help the unemployed pursue education and training while keepign their unemployment benefits.

On the same day a new report showed the pace of layoffs is slowing, President Obama outlined new aid to the jobless that allows unemployed workers to get more education and training while keeping their jobless benefits and directs the government to help pay for that training.


Obama announces 'new doors' for unemployed Americans
The president is speaking from the White House and outlining his plans to help Americans who are not working continue their educations without losing unemployement benefits. President Obama has announced the formation of a new website, http://www.opportunity.gov, which will help unemployed Americans pursue educational opportunities. Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Biden and a community college professor, will take a lead in this effort, Obama says. The president also is asking each American to commit to one year of some sort of education after high school...


U.S. Sen. Harkin: Applauds president's efforts to train out of work Americans
Urges unemployed Iowans to take advantage of new program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today applauded President Obama’s announcement that out of work Americans can pursue education and training, and at the same time keep their unemployment benefits. Earlier today, the Labor Department announced 539,000 jobs were lost in April, with over 6 million lost in the past year.

Harkin chairs the Appropriations Subcommittee that funds labor initiatives and is a senior member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP.)

“In order to truly turn our economy around and get Americans back to work, we must provide the education and job training necessary for those who have been displaced in this economic downturn,” said Harkin. “We all know the old proverb, when you give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime. For that reason, I applaud the President’s efforts to change the way the system works.”

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