Sounds like a whole lot of federal spending to me...Securing $4 Million for Economic Recovery in Southwest Ohio
Sen. Voinovich has helped secure nearly $4 million to assist workers affected by layoffs within the Wilmington Air Park at DHL Express, ABX Air, Inc. and ACS Business Process Solutions. The Department of Labor recently announced a $3,877,672 National Emergency Grant to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services for which Sen. Voinovich wrote a letter of support along with the Ohio delegation. The senator also lobbied the administration on behalf of the affected communities. This funding speaks to the fact that the federal government realizes that thousands of hard-working individuals and families in Southwest Ohio are facing a crisis of uncertainty about their future. Sen. Voinovich has been facilitating communication between the state and federal government and he has vowed to continue his tireless efforts to ensure that state and local governments have the full federal resources needed to cope with one of the worst economic dislocations the United States has ever faced. Geographic areas covered by this grant include the counties of Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Greene, Hamilton, Highland, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Scioto and Warren.
Fighting Foreclosures in Cincinnati
Recently in Cincinnati, Sen. Voinovich participated in a roundtable discussion about the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). He discussed NSP with city and county officials in an effort to gain feedback on the program. Prior to the roundtable, the senator toured local homes with Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory that have been affected by foreclosure. Sen. Voinovich sees that Ohioans are hurting like never before and he understands that Congress needs to take real action to help protect homeowners. He supported the Neighborhood Stabilization Program in the bipartisan Housing and Economic Recovery Act. He pushed for NSP funding to ease the mortgage foreclosure crisis for state and local governments and is committed to making sure local communities have the support needed to implement the NSP programs. Sen. Voinovich has led the way in bringing Ohioans some much-needed relief, personally spearheading the first piece of foreclosure crisis-relief legislation that was signed into law by the president. In addition, the senator secured six additional provisions to provide immediate relief and assistance for struggling Ohio homeowners and employers in the final version of a second bill, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act.
UPDATE: You can check out this edition of Senator Voinovich's newsletter and the archive of past issues, by clicking here. I thought there wa a way to sign up to receive the newsletter -- as I do -- right in my email box, but I sure can't see the sign-up page anywhere...if you see if, drop a note in the comments.
UPDATE 2: Found it... Click here to get the form to sign up to receive the newsletter. Suggestion for the crack staff on Team Voinovich: Maybe that link ought to be in the newsletter somewhere so that when we forward these things on to our family and friends they can sign up too!
