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Florida Back-To-Work

Governor Charlie Crist announced that the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, in partnership with the Florida Department of Children and Families, Workforce Florida Inc., and the Regional Workforce Boards, are launching a new program designed to bolster businesses and create jobs for as many as 25,000 Floridians.  States can receive federal stimulus funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund.  From now through September 30, 2010, Florida can potentially receive up to $200 million for the Florida Back to Work initiative designed to help pay for jobs for low-income families on a time-limited basis.

Public and private employers can enter into contracts with local Regional Workforce Boards to cover nearly all of the salary costs for employees.  The program will pay up to 95 percent of the salary cost for each employee.  For example, if an employee earns $12 an hour, the Florida Back to Work program pays $11.40 and the business pays sixty cents.  Paying such a significant portion of an employee's salary will have a dramatic and positive impact on hundreds of Florida's struggling businesses.

For more information about Florida's use of the federal recovery dollars made available through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, please contact Ms. Cheri Kavehersi at 305-594-7615 Ext. 407 or email:
ckavehersi@southfloridaworkforce.com.