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State and local workforce agencies outline grants, temporary jobs and small-business relief after LA fires
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State and local workforce agencies described unemployment, disaster-unemployment assistance, temporary subsidized jobs and small-business grants aimed at stabilizing households and reconnecting workers to employment after the Los Angeles wildfires.
State and local workforce and economic agencies described a range of short-term benefits and grants for workers and small businesses affected by the Los Angeles wildfires, and said they are coordinating training and temporary employment programs tied to cleanup and humanitarian work.
The Employment Development Department said it has processed more than 7,000 regular unemployment claims and about 4,500 federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance claims for survivors, and that FEMA extended the DUA application window through March 31. "We will continue to pay benefits and, to all eligible survivors until the program ends on July 12," an EDD…
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