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The U.S. Department of Labor this week announced that Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area was awarded a $2.5 million Rural Healthcare Initiative grant to address rural healthcare workforce shortages in communities within its workforce development area.
The unadjusted unemployment rate in the Rural Capital Area of Central Texas increased slightly in November 2020, to 5.8 percent, from a pandemic low of 4.8 percent in October, according to figures released today by the Texas Workforce Commission.
The unadjusted unemployment rate in the Rural Capital Area of Central Texas has shrunk from a high of 11.5 percent during the worst stages of the coronavirus pandemic in April, to a low of 4.9 percent in October 2020.
The unadjusted unemployment rate in the Rural Capital Area of Central Texas ticked up to 6.1 percent in September 2020, after a four month slide to 5.2 percent in August, down from a high of 11.5 percent in April.
Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area has announced that Brian Hernandez, WSRCA’s first Communications Director, has been promoted to the new position of Chief Storytelling Officer (Chief Storyteller), effective October 1, 2020.
For the second year in a row, Texas Workforce Solutions-Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VR) and Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area (WSRCA) have joined to celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) in October, by hosting free weekly webinars on disability inclusion topics for the community.