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Employment Security awards funds to aid North-Central Washington students of all ages

11/1/2011

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Media contact: Rick Van Cise , communications manager, 360-902-9454

OLYMPIA – The state Employment Security Department has awarded $204,000 to the Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council in Wenatchee to assist a wide range of students at more than 30 public schools and community-service organizations in North-Central Washington.

The money will pay for 54 Washington Service Corps members to provide tutoring to struggling readers and adults in Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan counties. Corps members also will teach students how to responsibly use and protect the environment and help low-income families and senior citizens access healthcare and other social services. .

“The Service Corps enlists the energy and enthusiasm of young adults in projects that benefit our local communities,” said Employment Security Commissioner Paul Trause.  “The investment pays for itself many times over and makes a lasting difference in the lives of the Service Corps members and those they serve.”

In North-Central Washington, the grants include:

  • $132,000 for tutoring, basic education and community outreach programs for children, adults and senior citizens. 
  • $72,000 to the Chelan-Douglas Community Action Agency for K-12 reading programs in the four-county area, in partnership with the Washington Reading Corps.

Statewide, more than $1.7 million is being distributed to school districts, counties, learning centers, housing authorities and non-profit groups to support 515 Service Corps members working on 15 team projects over the coming year. Team members will provide services in 34 of Washington’s 39 counties from September 2011 through August 2012.

Funding for the grants comes from the federal AmeriCorps programs. Employment Security distributes the money to local communities throughout Washington to cover operating costs and to provide stipends to Service Corps members to serve on a wide range of public-service projects.

Created by the state legislature in 1983 and administered by the Employment Security Department, the Washington Service Corps engages the talents, energy and enthusiasm of civic-minded adults, aged 17 and up, in serving their communities.

To learn more about Washington Service Corps team projects and individual placement sites, visit /washingtonservicecorps/.

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The Employment Security Department has awarded 204-thousand dollars to Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council in Wenatchee to assist students of all ages in North-Central Washington.

The money will pay for fifty-four Washington Service Corps members to provide tutoring for children struggling with reading, and adults in need of basic education skills in Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan counties.

Statewide, the department will distribute nearly two million dollars for Service Corps projects that will help strengthen local communities over the coming year.

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