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The unadjusted unemployment rate in the Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area ticked up slightly in January 2020, compared to the month prior, though there was still a favorable drop compared to the rate last year.
Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area has launched a new reentry initiative to offer career pathway options for former offenders within the nine-county Rural Capital Area.
The economy of the Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area capped off another great year of positive employment growth in 2019, with 534 jobs added for the month of December, and 14,839 jobs created throughout the nine-county region since December 2018—an annual growth rate of 2.84 percent.