Pres. Obama Looks to Georgia Job Program for Help with Unemployment

A job training program created in Georgia is gaining national attention. President Barack Obama is expected to model his plan to help long-term unemployed Americans after it.

It’s called the Georgia Works Program.

Caroline Garrett signed up for the program after a year of job hunting. “I was out of work for almost a year,” says Garrett.

It gave her a chance to get paid to learn new skills. Garrett says as soon as the program ended she had 4 job interviews.

The Forsyth-Monroe County Chamber of Commerce is one of more than 16,000 different employers across the state to sign up for the program.