Grant May Help Unemployed

Unem­ployed work­ers in the San Joaquin Val­ley may be get­ting some help. The Employ­ment Devel­op­ment Depart­ment is award­ing a two-point-five mil­lion dol­lar grant to the six coun­ties hit hard by the reces­sion. Laid-off work­ers in Stanis­laus, Fresno, Kings, Kern, Inyo and Mono coun­ties may be eli­gi­ble to receive job re-training and other ser­vices. The aver­age unem­ploy­ment rate in the val­ley is nearly 15-percent.