(From the Tribune-Democrat) More than $3.7 million in federal stimulus money is coming to the

Southern Alleghenies Workforce Investment Board to enhance job

development services in Cambria, Somerset, Bedford, Blair, Fulton and

Huntingdon counties.

The money is being spent on paid summer

work for young people aged 14 to 24; tuition aid and support services

for eligible adults and dislocated workers prepared to enter training

programs; and to prepare the recently unemployed to re-enter the

workplace or classroom.

"Our goal is to offer an outstanding

paid work experience program to over 400 young people this summer,

quadruple the number we normally serve each year,'' said Susan Whisler, director of the Altoona-based agency.

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