California giving $2,500 training grant to workers who lost jobs during pandemic
California giving $2,500 training grant to workers who lost jobs during pandemic
By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters
Living through a pandemic sucks, but for Diana McLaughlin, early 2020 was especially bad: A divorce in February 2020, societal shut-down in March, and as part of the COVID-19 economic fallout, she lost her job in April of that year, returning to full-time work only 18 months later.
California lawmakers had economically distressed folks like McLaughlin in mind…