UPDATE FROM DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ON COUNTIES AFFECTED BY AUTO CRISIS

The Department of Labor has issued a clarification regarding several of its new training grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and added 31 counties to its list of 281 counties adversely impacted by the crisis in the automobile industry. The clarification appeared in the Federal Register on July 23. Training grants affected include:

• The Health Care Sector and Other High Growth and Emerging Industries (SGA/DFA PY 09-01)
• The Energy Training Partnership Grants (SGA/DFA PY 08-18)
• The State Energy Sector Partnership (SESP) and Training Grants (SGA/DFA PY-08-20)

Each solicitation sets aside $25 million for communities undergoing auto industry related restructurings.  The total number of counties on the DOL auto-restructuring list is now 312 in 31 states.

Here is the DOL’s complete list of counties impacted by the auto crisis.  

Alabama: Butler, Chilton, Limestone, Lowndes, Madison, Marshall, Montgomery, Talladega, and Tuscaloosa.

Arkansas:  Cleburne, Desha, Greene, and Logan.

California: Alameda and Los Angeles.

Delaware: New Castle.

Georgia: DeKalb, Fulton, Hall, Haralson, Johnson, and Troup.

Iowa: Cass, Chickasaw, Fremont, Howard, Iowa, Louisa, Plymouth, Poweshiek, Union, and Wright.

Illinois: Boone, Clay, Cook Edwards, Hancock, Marion, McLean, Putnam, Warren, Washington, and Wayne.

Indiana: Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, DeKalb, Decatur, Delaware, Dubois, Elkhart, Fayette, Fountain, Franklin, Gibson, Grant, Hancock, Harrison, Henry, Howard, Jackson, Jay, Jefferson, Johnson, Lagrange, Lawrence, Marion, Miami, Montgomery, Noble, Perry, Putnam, Randolph, Scott, Spencer, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Washington, Wells, and Whitley.

Kansas: Allen and Wyandotte.

Kentucky: Allen, Barren, Bourbon, Bracken, Butler, Caldwell, Carroll, Carter, Crittenden, Cumberland, Fleming, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Grant, Hardin, Hart, Henderson, Henry, Hopkins, Jefferson, Jessamine, Knox, Larue, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Mercer, Metcalfe, Montgomery, Nelson, Ohio, Pendleton, Pulaski, Russell, Scott, Shelby, Simpson, Trigg, Warren, and Washington.

Louisiana: Caddo

Maryland: City of Baltimore, Washington County

Michigan: Antrim, Bay, Calhoun, Eaton, Genesee, Hillsdale, Huron, Ingham, Ionia, Iosco, Jackson, Kalkaska, Kent, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Mecosta, Midland, Missaukee, Monroe, Oakland, Oceana, Osceola, Oscoda, Ottawa, Roscommon, Saginaw, St. Clair, St. Joseph, Tuscola, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne, and Wexford.

Minnesota: Clearwater and Ramsey.

Missouri: Clay, Daviess, Grundy, Laclede, Lincoln, Nodaway, Randolph, St. Charles, St. Louis, and Wright.

Mississippi: Benton, Bolivar, Holmes, Madison, Quitman, Smith, Union, and Yalobusha.

North Carolina: Durham, Gaston, Henderson, Person, and Scotland.

North Dakota: McIntosh

Nebraska: Buffalo, Dawson, Dixon, Platte, and Seward.

New Jersey: Middlesex and Union.

New York: Erie, Niagara, Onondaga, and St. Lawrence.

Ohio: Adams, Allen, Auglaize, Carroll, Champaign, Clermont, Clinton, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Highland, Huron, Jackson, Knox, Logan, Lorain, Lucas, Madison, Montgomery, Morrow, Noble, Paulding, Pike, Preble, Putnam, Richland, Ross, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby, Summit, Trumbull, Union, Van Wert, Wayne, Williams, Wood, and Wyandot.

Oklahoma: Marshall and Oklahoma.

Pennsylvania: Allegheny and Tioga.

South Carolina: Anderson, Charleston, Cherokee, Dorchester, Marion, and Spartanburg.

Tennessee: Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Dyer, Franklin, Gibson, Giles, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hardeman, Hawkins, Henderson, Henry, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Loudon, Madison, Marshall, Maury, McMinn, McNairy, Meigs, Monroe, Obion, Overton, Perry, Putnam, Rhea, Robertson, Rutherford, Scott, Smith, Warren, and White

Texas: Bexar and Tarrant.

Utah: Box Elder

Virginia: Botetourt, City of Norfolk, Pulaski, Smyth, and Spotsylvania.

Wisconsin: Kenosha, Marinette, and Rock.

West Virginia: Putnam