State of Michigan to receive federal state reopening grant

 

MICHIGAN – The state of Michigan will receive a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to help its citizens get jobs in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The $3.3-million grant will support those who have lost their jobs during the pandemic find new work both now and after the pandemic is over.

Some of the grant money is being used to pay unemployed citizens to help with contact tracing, sanitizing, and other COVID-19-related jobs.