Editor’s note: This event has been postponed to a date uncertain.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy will cut the ribbon on the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s new Office of Citizenship Assistance in midtown Anchorage on Monday at 2 p.m. It will be a place where legal immigrants will have access to job placement and career training assistance, information about workplace safety, and it will serve as a navigation center to connect legal immigrants to other services that allow them to integrate into Alaska and become productive citizens more quickly, the governor’s office said.
Also attending the ribbon cutting will be Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development Cathy Munoz, Deputy Commissioner Nelson San Juan, and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom. No details were disclosed about the cost of the center or why it is needed.
Alaska has a small community of immigrants, many of whom are from Samoa and the Philippines. About 7.5 percent of the state’s residents are foreign-born.
