Employment benefits have ended

The federal emergency unemployment benefit has run out for 1.3 million people. Thousands in Missouri will lose this benefit. Now, they are scrambling to find work. In Missouri, nearly 85,000 people will lose their benefit and in Arkansas just more than 40,000 people will lose the federal benefit at midnight, Dec. 27. The Missouri Career Center’s John Peine says they dug deeper to find out how many people were affected in the Ozarks. These federal unemployment benefits were designed to help the long term unemployed. The Missouri Career Center says right now they are offering multiple training courses and have hundreds of jobs open for people meeting the specific requirement for the work. There are also free re-training classes offered as part of a grant from the department of labor and a partnership between the Career Center and OTC. For additional information about training workshops or job opportunities you can contact the Missouri Career Center by calling 417-887-4343