Trumbull grant to pay half the wages of new shale workers

Trumbull grant to pay half the wages of new shale workers

By ED RUNYAN

runyan@vindy.com

WARREN

The Trumbull County One-Stop office has a new grant available to help people get on-the-job training in the shale gas and oil industry.

Bim Turner, administrator for Trumbull County’s federal Workforce Investment Act programs, said the grant through the U.S. Department of Labor will provide half of the wages over three months while a person trains.

The program targets unemployed individuals, dislocated workers, already-employed workers, low-income workers and youth. Preference will be given to veterans and spouses of some veterans.

The program will provide reimbursement of half the wages ranging from $10.87 per hour to $19.66 per hour over three months or 520 hours.

The program requires that the employer hire and retain the worker at the end of the training period.

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