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Employment and training office reports 60% priority-of-service and 4.6% unemployment; job fair set for April 8
Summary
Rita Sobach Lynch told the committee her office is serving 31 customers in training, is meeting a 51% priority-of-service threshold with 60% reported, and cited a roughly 4.6% unemployment rate; she announced a Department of Labor job fair at CORE on April 8.
Rita Sobach Lynch, director of Employment & Training, reported on March 19 that 31 customers have completed or are currently in training and that the program is required to follow participants for one year with quarterly check-ins. She said the program is meeting priority-of-service requirements and reported 60% of enrollees are individuals receiving some form of public assistance, above the 51% state target.
Sobach Lynch cited Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing Allegany County's unemployment rate at about 4.6% and described local office activity: roughly 411 front-door visits to county employment facilities and 505 counselor contacts during the month, with 47 resumes prepared year-to-date. She also noted outreach to veterans and partnerships forming with employers for youth work-experience placements.
She announced a job fair at CORE in partnership with the Department of Labor on April 8 and said staff are working to fill an accountant vacancy created when a long-term employee moved to the sheriff's office; she said no immediate hiring request was being made at this meeting and that staff would return with a plan.
Legislators asked for clarification on what qualifies as "public assistance" for priority-of-service; Sobach Lynch defined it to include public-assistance recipients and veterans receiving supportive services.
