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SACRAMENTO – Thanks to swift action by the Governor’s Recovery Act Task Force and the state legislature, $415 million in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) stimulus funds are now available to assist unemployed Californians in job-training and in helping to find new jobs.
Following Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's request, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee moved to quickly allocate Recovery Act funds making them immediately available to unemployed Californians.
“With unemployment affecting historic numbers of Californians in this difficult economy, I am committed to doing everything within my power to provide relief to our unemployed and get Californians back to work,” said Schwarzenegger. “The legislature is a great partner in this and acted quickly to get this money out to the people, providing immediate assistance with job training and job placement. My administration will continue to work around the clock to push Recovery Act funding into our economy as quickly as possible to help create jobs and put California on the road to economic recovery.”
To assist workers displaced from their jobs, the Recovery Act funds will be distributed by the Employment Development Department to 49 local Workforce Investment Boards to help bolster services at the local Workforce Services Offices and One Stop Career Centers, serve workers displaced from their jobs and work to address workforce development priorities.
The $415 million nearly doubles the amount of Workforce Investment Act funds the federal government has allocated to California in the current fiscal year.
For more information on this allocation please visit www.labor.ca.gov and www.recovery.ca.gov.
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SACRAMENTO – California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary A.G. Kawamura reminds California farmers who suffered agricultural losses in 2008 that the deadline for several disaster assistance programs has been extended to May 18.
“Farmers in California always seem to find a way to put food on the nation’s tables despite fires, floods, drought and other natural disasters,” said Kawamura. “Those farms and ranches hit hardest by Mother Nature in 2008 may be eligible for federal assistance, and the deadline to qualify has been extended to May 18.”
The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 authorized several disaster assistance programs including the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program (SURE), the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP), and the Tree Assistance Program (TAP).
Producers who did not have crop insurance or Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage for 2008 can pay a buy-in fee to become eligible for assistance – but they must do so by May 18.
Details about these programs and the application process are available online at www.fsa.usda.gov/ca.
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“When we first saw CalREDD we were all extremely impressed by the innovative, cutting-edge technology and what it has to offer our members and their clients,” said Anita McKee, Lake County Association of Realtors president.
“Our association prides itself on providing state of the art technology to our Realtor members,” said McKee. “After much consideration we feel that CalREDD, being a Realtor-owned product, provides our members a much more cost-effective service, as well as offering our Realtors and their clients access to statewide MLS exposure.”
McKee said agents from all over the state will have access to Lake County information and listings, which the local association believes will be a huge advantage to sellers and all buyers interested in Lake County property.
She said CalREDD is the wave of the future and LCAOR is delighted to be one of the first associations to offer to its Realtors the opportunity to be in the forefront of the real estate industry with this new MLS platform.
LCAOR expects to change over to CalREDD on Sept. 1. McKee said they will run parallel with their existing platform for a short period to allow LCAOR members and affiliates to become accustomed to the new system.
For more information contact LCAOR, telephone 707-263-9300 or visit them online at www.lcaor.com.
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The seminar will be conducted by Scott Ullman of The Foundation Center of San Francisco from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, at the Hidden Valley Community Church, 18160 Spruce Grove Road Extension, Hidden Valley Lake. Be sure to be on the lookout for the new Hidden Valley Community Church signs on Highway 29 as you enter the area.
As there are approximately 300 nonprofit organizations in Lake County, there is a good chance this event may not be able accommodate all who wish to attend. Therefore, it is imperative that those who do wish to attend RSVP and do so early.
The information provided at this seminar is not just of value to nonprofits in Lake County or even California. It is of value to nonprofit organizations throughout the USA. For that reason, the seminar will be recorded and made available online. However, those in attendance at the seminar will have the unique advantage of being able to ask questions via a microphone for inclusion on the recorded audio file.