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Green Jobs for San Antonio

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January 28, 2011


National and local agencies are doing their part to create green jobs for San Antonio.
The U.S. Department of Labor recently issued a $100,000 grant to San Antonio Youth Centers under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The funding will be used to provide training to youths interested in finding jobs in green industries and related occupations.
San Antonio Youth Centers is a nonprofit agency that works to improve the lives of urban youth living in poverty and in danger of dropping out of school, according to an article by the San Antonio Business Journal.
The Department of Labor is doling out about $55 million in green job grants from the federal economic stimulus to organizations throughout the country. So far, the ARRA has helped furnish about $500 million for green-job training grants to promote economic growth.
“Today’s announcement is part of the administration’s long-term commitment to fostering both immediate economic growth and a clean energy future,” Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis said. “It’s an investment that will help American workers do well while doing good.
“These grants provide an immediate return, and they are part of a larger green initiative that will help lead to increased job placements and promote economic growth,” she continued.
Like some other spots throughout the country, San Antonio’s economy has been picking as of late, with the city adding more jobs and the local unemployment rate decreasing.
During October, San Antonio saw its unemployment rate decrease from 7.1 percent to 7 percent, following an increase from 7 percent during September. The city’s current rate is lower than the national unemployment rate of 10.2 percent.
San Antonio had a total non-farm employment of 848,100 workers during October, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 847,000 workers during September, but a .7 percent decrease from last year.

Originally posted by joel cheesman

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