July 31, 2009
Maine gets $28M for unemployment insurance
By The Mainebiz News Staff
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $28 million to Maine to boost the state's unemployment insurance program.
The Maine Department of Labor can use the unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds, available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to pay unemployment benefits or, if appropriated by the Legislature, for administering its unemployment insurance program or delivering employment services. "With this funding, our state will be better equipped to assist jobless workers until they are able to get back on their feet and into the work force," Sen. Olympia Snowe said in a press release.
The ARRA earmarked $7 billion in unemployment insurance modernization incentive funds for states.
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