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Seventeen groups nationwide, including the Long Beach office of United States Veterans Initiative — which will receive $500,000 — have been awarded grants to train and find jobs for veterans.
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By Sherine El Madany~Los Angeles Times
A veterans outreach organization in Long Beach was named one of 17 groups nationwide Wednesday to receive a share of $7.5 million to train veterans for green jobs.
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced the agency grants to provide about 3,000 veterans nationwide with training and employment in green jobs. In California, the Long Beach site will get $500,000 to train about 100 veterans in Los Angeles County and find work for them. An additional $300,000 will aid 75 veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Long Beach office of the United States Veterans Initiative will get the $500,000 grant. In the Bay Area, the $300,000 went to another nonprofit group, Swords to Plowshares.
“Our goal is to work with 133 veterans, and [we] hope to provide employment placement to 75%, or about 100 veterans,” said Greg McCormack, Long Beach director of United States Veterans Initiative.
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