The U.S. Department of Labor announced the availability of $35 million in funds to develop, enhance and promote Self-Employment Assistance programs in all 50 states, including Puerto Rico, which will receive $504,523.
Given the existing need to raise awareness about developing a sustainable economy and to encourage the creation of “green” jobs on the island, Labor Secretary Miguel Romero outlined Tuesday the island’s so-called green sector job profile to identify industries and work opportunities in that area.
As two-thirds of U.S. jurisdictions saw their unemployment rates drop in March, Puerto Rico soared past the jobless levels of all the 50 states with 16.9 percent of people out of work, according to a report by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday.
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