Governor Quinn announces the end of next month, the flagship program of his election campaign, Illinois Put to Work. Administration of the previously issued $ 122 milionw środkw podatniczych a program of temporary employment. However, it appears that only 10% of the pomgł uczestnikw he obtain employment in full time.
According to the assumptions Put to Work Illinois, the state administration was hundreds of our employees to private companies. The idea was to offer vocational training, and is also supported by private companies to develop business. The ultimate goal was to ensure that employees are the employment of full-time.
The program was launched in April, after the federal government provided states $ 1 billion to create programw subsidized employment. Illinois received $ 215 milionw the operation of the program, ktry proved to be one of the largest in the country.Federal measures, however, ended in September, just two months before the November midterm elections.
Faced with severe competition from Senator Bill Brady"mz Bloomington, Quinn was hastily without gotwki Finance in the budget for the maintenance of the program for several additional months by the Congress to allocate the more środkww the near future. For this did not happen, in the face of holidays Quinn has earmarked another $ 47 milionwz state funds to maintain jobs at Christmas.
Quinn maintains that he has found the funds at very favorable bond sale. But Brady and other Republicans recognize that the state should not extend programw social assistance, but begin to pay off debts, ktre wkrtce miliardw amount to $ 8.
According to data from the Illinois Department of Human Services, 26.000 osb was able to obtain employment in the dimension of $ 10 per hour under the Illinois Put to Work.But most of these items only lasted for six months, and only 2.500 of our employees have been hired either permanently or received a promise of permanent employment, which represents only 10% uczestnikw.
The program is still registered 16.000 osb, spokeswoman Marielle Sainvilus. She added that it is possible that more full-time work pracodawcw offered when the program ends in mid January.
Governor Quinn believes that without the help of the state, thousands of OSB would be forced to claim unemployment benefit, and hundreds of small businesses would be forced to terminate their activity.
Senator Christine Radogno believes that Quinn"s view, that the program was conceived as an emergency tool to alleviate unemployment is a departure from the original intention. She notes that in the press release as a goal of the program was adopted to find permanent employment.
LaDonna Pavetti, an analyst with the research team impartial Center for Budget and Policy Priorities shows, however, that the barometer for the program should not be how much osb were employed full-time, but how much osb could find a job when unemployment was the highest level and the unemployed were deprived of any options.
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