Workers impacted by layoffs at Insight Hospital & Medical Center Trumbull can attend a rapid response event today to learn about unemployment benefits and job search resources.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced the event, scheduled for Friday, April 4. It will be held in the Kent State Trumbull Auditorium at 4314 Mahoning Avenue. Sessions will be divided alphabetically by last name: 9 a.m. for those with last names A- K, and 11 a.m. for those with last names L- Z. A makeup session will be held at 1 p.m.

The rapid response teams, comprised of state and local partners, will provide information on the unemployment process and available resources for displaced workers.

A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice issued by Insight Hospital stated that 143 employees were laid off due to funding issues stemming from Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy.

Insight also notified AFSCME, Ohio Council 8, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and AFL-CIO that 689 employees would be affected.

The WARN notice indicated that Insight is seeking new funding and hopes to recall employees within six months, but a recall is not guaranteed. If funding is not secured, the layoffs will become permanent.