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San Jose Mercury News
February 12, 2008

Schwarzenegger announces $500,000 grant to Santa Clara County agency for veterans job assistance

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced $6 million in grants today to help California veterans with job placement, including $500,000 grants for two organizations in San Francisco and Santa Clara County.

The grants will help more than 1,500 newly discharged California veterans find jobs in high-growth occupations, according to the governor.

"California military veterans deserve nothing less than the full commitment of their state to help them attain good jobs and transition back to civilian life after they have served their country," Schwarzenegger said in a statement. "That's why I have directed my administration to issue this funding that will help our veterans find jobs in high-growth occupations. Our veterans are heroes who have risked their lives for America and we must reduce their unacceptably high unemployment rate in our state."

In the Bay Area, San Francisco-based Swords to Plowshares and the Northern Santa Clara Valley Job Training Consortium are both receiving $500,000.

"These programs will focus primarily on recently discharged veterans, helping them return to civilian life after their sacrifice and service," California Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency Victoria Bradshaw said in a statement.

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