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DOL provides more funds for Missouri workers

The U.S. Department of Labor is making available a $16,532,485 National Emergency Grant supplement to fund roughly 2,200 temporary jobs to continue helping cleanup and recovery efforts from the tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., on May 22, which caused flooding in multiple Missouri counties between mid-April and early June 2011.

By Amanda McGrory-Dixon | Updated on April 03, 2012

The U.S. Department of Labor is making available a $16,532,485 National Emergency Grant supplement to fund roughly 2,200 temporary jobs to continue helping cleanup and recovery efforts from the tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011, which caused flooding in multiple Missouri counties between mid-April and early June 2011.

“Missouri continues to need assistance with large-scale cleanup and recovery efforts after the Joplin tornado and other severe weather last spring,” says Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. “These additional grant funds represent the federal government’s commitment to help the residents of affected communities continue rebuilding their lives.”

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