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Unemployment Continues To Rise; 19,000 Out Of Work In Escambia, Santa Rosa
April 18, 2009
Florida’s unemployment rate jumped to 9.7 percent in March 2009, the highest since 1975. That’s just one-tenth of a percentage point higher than last month, but nearly double the number of people out of work from a year ago.
In Escambia County, the unemployment rate for March was 9.5 percent, or 13,115 people out of a job. In Santa Rosa County, the unemployment rate was 8.5 percent, or 5,865 people.
Statewide, 893,000 were jobless out of workforce of 9,210,000.
State officials said stimulus money was working to improve the job outlook for unemployed Floridians.
“More than $1.5 billion in federal stimulus funds are flowing into our state to assist unemployed Floridians,” said Agency For Workforce Innovation Interim Director Cynthia Lorenzo. “These funds are providing enhanced unemployment compensation benefits and expanding job placement and job training programs to help bolster the economic recovery of Florida’s families.”
Florida’s workforce system is benefiting from $165 million in federal economic stimulus funds that the state and local workforce boards are using to provide training for unemployed Floridians and help businesses improve their workers’ skills. Those funds include $43 million for youth services, including summer jobs for several thousand young people statewide ages 14-24.
The Agency also has available nearly $1.4 billion in federal stimulus funds for Florida’s unemployment compensation program including increased benefits for unemployment compensation recipients. Payments of an additional $25 weekly in Federal Additional Compensation were initiated on March 19, 2009. To date, $55 million in Federal Additional Compensation has been paid to Florida’s recipients.
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2 Responses to “Unemployment Continues To Rise; 19,000 Out Of Work In Escambia, Santa Rosa”
14! Are you kidding me? the goovernment needs to think about the PARENTS of those 14 year-olds who are jobless and trying to feed them!
forget 14 year olds, let them cut neighbors grass or little things.