WDA 6
Statistics Report December unemployment rate for our nine-county NCWWDB area: 9% Source WorkNet
Year to date initial unemployment claims are down 10% from last year, but the year to date total number of regular weekly claims are 1.6% higher than one year ago.
Source - DWD There was one *WARN notice given in WDA 6 during the month of January.
Source WorkNet
From December 2008 to December 2009 the Education and Health Services sector increased employment by 3%.
Source EMSI
From December 2008 to December 2009 there was a 2% decline in people between the ages of 15 - 24 in WDA 6.
Source EMSI
*WARN is a required communication for those employers with 50 or more employees. Employers with fewer than 50 employees may have laid people off during this time.
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WIA Report
As of 2/26/10, NCWWDB has 324 Youth, 219 Adults, and 978 Dislocated Workers enrolled in WIA Title 1- funded programs.
Of the above numbers, there have been 226 Youth, 82 Adults, and 183 Dislocated Workers served by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds.
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