December 13, 2012
Christie
Administration Unveils $26 Million for Three-Prong Recovery
Plan
Governor Chris
Christie unveils the release of $26
million to support three economic
recovery initiatives designed to
assist businesses and workers in the
wake of Hurricane Sandy and to
additionally invest in New Jersey’s
future growth.
The three
initiatives, Recovery4Jersey,
Skills4Jersey and
Opportunity4Jersey, involve the
investment of training dollars by
the state Department of Labor and
Workforce Development (LWD) into New
Jersey businesses and the state’s
workforce with the goal of
connecting the unemployed to job
opportunities in the Sandy recovery
effort while also building the
skills of existing workers for jobs
in the state’s key industry
clusters. The $26 million, to be
offered to New Jersey employers as
grants, is coming from a
restructuring of long-standing LWD
training programs to focus not only
on the Sandy clean-up, but also to
ensure that all future programs
designed to enhance the skills of
the state’s workforce are driven by
the needs of the Garden State’s
businesses.
“These initiatives
embody another step in New Jersey’s
journey to recovery from the
devastation of Sandy, but also
represent a transformation of how
New Jersey prepares its workforce,”
said Governor Christie. “We know the
industries that offer the most
promise for moving our economy
forward, and it only makes sense for
us to train our job seekers for
professions in those industries.”
“As we spend
public funds training unemployed
residents for new jobs and enhancing
the skills of our existing
workforce, we should also give each
job seeker the knowledge and tools
that are most valued by our
industries,” said Labor Commissioner
Harold J. Wirths. “This approach
ensures we are offering our
unemployed residents opportunities
for meaningful careers and at the
same time invest in the industries
that are building New Jersey’s
future.”
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