$40 Million Awarded for Job Training
The Labor Department doubled the scope of its attack on hard core unemployment yesterday, announcing nearly $40 million worth of programs to aid 33,000 persons in 10 cities and two rural areas. Washington is among those areas already included in the program.</br></br>Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz called it ÛÏa landmark national effort designed to help the hardest employment cases on a person to person basis.Û</br></br>Assistance includes orientation and personal counselling and then referral to jobs; training programs, schools or a combination of all three, the department said.</br></br>Counsellors will follow up the progress of those pratici-pating even after they get jobs. The Federal funds will help provide supporting services such as medical and dental care, legal help and child care for working mothers.</br></br>Wirtz said the program is designed to prepare for work persons who would not otherwise be able to get jobs.