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Workforce board warns of hundreds displaced by recent closures, outlines rapid-response and training plans
Summary
Solano County's Workforce Development Board told supervisors recent employer closures have affected more than 600 workers and could impact up to 2,000 by year-end; the board described rapid-response sessions, career fairs, WIOA funding shifts, and pending state assistance grant requests totaling roughly $3.4 million for dislocated-worker training and small-business support.
The Solano County Workforce Development Board reported Feb. 3 that recent employer closures — including Budweiser, Mare Island Dry Dock and announced Valero reductions — have directly affected more than 600 employees and that second- and third-order effects could put as many as 2,000 local jobs at risk by the end of the year.
Dave Hubbell of the Workforce Development Board summarized the board’s current and planned responses: rapid-response sessions on-site at affected employers to explain unemployment insurance and reemployment services; targeted…
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