The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations is getting a $389,425 National Emergency Grant to assist the 56 workers who lost their jobs with the closing of Moloka'i Ranch.

The funds will be used to provide a variety of services, including skills assessment, counseling, career planning, employment development, occupational skills and on-the-job training, entrepreneurial training, job-readiness training, and adult education. Former workers also will be helped to find jobs outside of Moloka'i and be provided with relocation assistance and related support services, including childcare, transportation, and job-related certifications.

Moloka'i Ranch announced in March that it was shutting down its business May 23. The closure of the affiliate of Hong Kong-based GuocoLeisure Ltd. meant the the demise of the 22-room Molokai Lodge, 40-unit Kaupoa Beach Village, the Kaluakoi Golf Course and other recreational activities.

Darwin Ching, state labor director, said the federal grant will help the workers who lost their jobs.

"This....grant will help the state meet its obligation to these workers to ensure that they are given every possible opportunity to find meaningful employment and have the ability to provide for themselves and their families during this unfortunate period," Ching said.