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Show FcrJs Fcr D:vis Ccr-ty Davis County lost $.50 million in federal funds when the unemployment rate dropped A percent, though the county will still receive $176,000. THE MONEY, received under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act will pay salaries for 53 workers during the fiscal year. Layton and Clearfield, with the highest unemployment rate in the county, will receive $16,000 in unspend funds under Title 2. The unemployment rate there exceeds the 6.5 percent per-cent guidelines for three consecutive con-secutive months. THE COUNTY will receive $119,000 under Title 2 and an additional $410,000 under Title 6. Title 6 funds are granted where unemployment exceeds 4.5 percent. "This makesall of Davis County eligible," said Horace Rose, Davis County personnel director. CETA provides salaries for employes in tax supported en-titites en-titites such as cities, counties, school districts, etc. "Many of the jobs are filled at the lower pay scale such as maintenance and street work," he said. THE AVERAGE salary is $600 per month, though the guidelines allow as much as $1000 per month. "It approaches that only with policemen that have been hired under the program. The county also has a building inspector ins-pector paid by CETA funds, he said. The money. is allocated on a year-to-year basis as it has been for the past three years. It is dependent on the unemployment rate and the decisions of Congress. TO BE eligible a person must be a resident of the city at the time he applies and must be unemployed for thirty days prior to that. "Considerations are given to veterans, minorities, minori-ties, older workersconsiderations workerscon-siderations but not necessarily priorities," he added. |