Flood-Ravaged Communities Get Help from Jobs Program

Reported by: Andy Mehalshick

Monday, January 09 2012

Duryea, Luzerne County -- Duryea sustained millions of dollars of damage from last September's flooding and is still trying to recover from the flood and prevent future flooding problems.

The money just is not there to hire workers to get the job done. A program funded by a federal grant has enabled boroughs like Duryea to clean-up. Councilmen Frank Groblewski said, "There is?no way we could get the levee system cleaned up and the streets cleaned up with our own manpower. We still have things like trash removal and other jobs that have to be done everyday. This program has been a big help to us."

The program is overseen by the Pennsylvania CareerLink and has hired some 70 people who had been unemployed. Lucyanne Veryling is manager of the Workforce Investment Board and said, "We have been granted one million dollars and that allows us to hire people for 6 months at a time and then train them for long term employment."

For more information about the program contact the PA CareerLink in Wilkes-Barre or the Workforce Investment Board.? Their number is (570) 826-2401 or you can visit their office at 32 East Union Street, Wilkes-Barre Center.

Source: http://pahomepage.com/road-to-recovery-flood-of-2011-details/?nxd_id=220577

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