The Anne Arundel County government is providing resources for recently laid-off federal workers in the county, including a job fair this month.

Thousands of federal workers have been laid off in recent weeks by the Trump administration and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency. In response, County Executive Steuart Pittman has created a federal employee assistance section on the county’s website and announced a “ federal career transition hiring event ” on March 20 at the O’Malley Senior Center in Odenton.

“We understand the importance of providing accessible and comprehensive resources during this difficult time,” Pittman wrote in a news release. “This initiative underscores our commitment to supporting the well-being of our federal employees and their families.”

In addition to job search assistance, the section of the web site for former federal workers features shortcuts to unemployment insurance, food, housing and utility assistance.

The Anne Arundel County Office of Personnel and a number of other county agencies will be at the job fair. Several state agencies, Annapolis City government and private businesses will also be represented, according to Bekki Leonard, director of strategic initiatives for Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation.

The efforts come amid statewide initiatives announced by Gov. Wes Moore last week to connect former federal workers with vacant state government jobs by accelerating the hiring process, holding job fairs and launching a campaign to help people navigate the licensing process to become teachers.

Anne Arundel Workforce development is doing something similar for Anne Arundel residents.

“We are still — as most people are — trying to figure out exactly what the impact is going to be on the county,” Leonard said. “Unfortunately, the data that’s coming out right now isn’t even divided by state too much, let alone divided by county.”

As of Monday, more than 250 people had registered for the March job fair. Leonard said about 75% of them were current or former federal employees. She said the organization does not yet have a number of fired federal employees in the county. About 160,000 federal civilian workers live in Maryland and according to Moore, 450 federal employees across the state have filed for unemployment insurance.

Moore’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

The Maryland Department of Labor hosts a weekly virtual workshop for former federal employees.

“[The county] has a lot of positions open,” Leonard said. “They always have some of those higher skilled job positions open. Especially when we’ve been in such a tight job market, they’ve had a hard time hiring for any position let alone the higher skilled ones.”