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Employment Security awards funds to help Skagit County students and families

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 $210,000 to Skagit County public-service programs that help young people and their families. 

The money will pay for 66 Washington Service Corps members in projects ranging from health and housing assistance to tutoring students who are struggling with reading.

The funds go to the Skagit County Community Action Agency of Mount Vernon for two projects:

  • $165,000 for tutoring programs, in partnership with the Northwest Washington Reading Corps. 
  • $45,000 that will be provided to Skagit County Opportunities, Resource & Energy (SCORE) to assist with housing, job training, finance and health issues.

“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.”

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 210-thousand dollars to the Skagit County Community Action Agency to assist students and families. 

The money will pay for sixty-six Washington Service Corps members to provide tutoring in reading and to assist with job training as well as health and housing programs.

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

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