June 27th, 2014 by WCBC Radio

U.S. Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin, both Maryland democrats, announced Thursday that the Department of Labor (DOL) has awarded more than $5 million in funding to the Maryland Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) to support on-the-job training programs in Maryland for the long-term unemployed. The grants are part of the DOL’s Job-Driven National Emergency Grant (JD NEG) program, which uses funds from the Workforce Investment Act Dislocated Worker National Reserve fund. Senator Mikulski.