Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Stimulus funds for health centers, job training

San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... Evergreen Community College District in San Jose, Peralta Community College District in Alameda County and San Mateo County's Workforce Investment Board ...

Stimulus package provides summer jobs with a twist

Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona Beach,FL,USA
Realistically, there are very few summer jobs open to this age group at the moment," said Christine Sikora, youth services coordinator for the work-force ...

Youth Center gets funds for work program

Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield,MA,USA
Goals for the program are to get youth into summer jobs so that they earn a paycheck, develop work readiness skills, learn about the world of work, ...

Program matches young workers with summer jobs

Peninsula Daily - Port Angeles,WA,USA
Scott Robinson of European AutoWerks west of Sequim will train a young worker next month as part of the federal stimulus-funded Summer Youth Employment ...

Broome, Tioga youth flocking to summer employment program

Press & Sun-Bulletin - Binghamton,NY,USA
“I'm looking for a summer job,” said the 17-year-old Windsor High School student. “My friends say you make good money here and learn stuff. ...

Stimulus money creates jobs for youths

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act sent $19.9 million to Washington state to employ people ages 16 to 19 for seven weeks over the summer. There are 280 young adults in Skagit, Whatcom, San Juan and Island counties working minimum-wage jobs funded by the act.

Veterans to benefit from $25M in DOL job training grants

Reliable Plant Magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on June 29 announced 98 grants, totaling more than $25 million, to provide approximately 15000 veterans with job training ...

Stimulus-funded summer jobs give teens a boost, possible start on career

About 1,100 Central Florida teens started work last weekin six-week summer internships at government agencies and nonprofit organizations through Workforce Central Florida. Another 100 young adults have 28-week internships with private businesses.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Youth summer work program training complete

Kingman Daily Miner - Kingman,AZ,USA
KINGMAN - One hundred and eleven Kingman youth will officially start their six-week-long summer jobs at local businesses that are partnering with Mohave ...

Summer jobs open for youths in Camco

Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
So far, the Camden County Workforce Investment Board has coordinated with 85 municipalities and nonprofits interested in hiring through the stimulus program ...

State launches youth jobs program for summer

Idaho Business Review - United States
by IBR Staff Hundreds of Idaho young people are beginning five- to eight-week jobs this month in the first major summer youth employment program the Idaho ...

Tax incentives, job training funds won Orion Township, Michigan ...

Michigan Business Review - MLive.com - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
But, in the end, it was money -- about $1 billion in tax incentives and job-training money over 20 years -- that convinced GM to build the car at the idled ...

Business owners 'prepare to prosper'

Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek,CA,USA
This past Thursday's "Preparing to Prosper" workshop in Colton - hosted by the San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board and San Bernardino Valley ...

Recovery funds spending plan OK'd

Connellsville Daily Courier - Connellsville,PA,USA
The Westmoreland-Fayette Workforce Investment Board will receive $3390000 to provide assistance to residents of Westmoreland and Fayette counties as a ...

Jobs for teens get needed jump-start in Dakota County

Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
"What we used to call summer youth jobs, the fast food restaurants and whatnot, they're being filled with dislocated workers," said Will Branning, ...

Stimulus money for summer jobs will help Black, Latino youth

AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
Another large city with sizable Black and Latino populations is Chicago, which received $17 million to support up to 7000 summer youth jobs in the public ...

Summer jobs around West Seattle aim to reduce youth violence

Westseattleherald.com - Seattle,WA,USA
“One of the best ways to reduce youth violence is to show our young people new opportunities and a bright future," said Nickels. "The city's summer jobs ...

Business community, educators urged to forge partnerships

ReporterNews.com - Abilene,TX,USA
Attendees numbered about 110 and came from across the region for the conference, hosted by Workforce Solutions of West Central Texas. ...

Employment agency opening new office

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Federal stimulus funds are helping Workforce Solutions Alamo open a new re-employment center in San Antonio to serve the increased population of dislocated ...

Bloomberg: New York puts workforce development at heart of ...

Xinhua - China
NEW YORK, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York on Thursday said that the city puts workforce development at the heart of the strategy ...

State has $11 million in stimulus funds for Summer Youth Workforce ...

By Gov. M. Jodi Rell
The WorkPlace in Bridgeport; Capital Workforce Partners in Hartford; Workforce Alliance in New Haven; Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board in Franklin; and Northwest Regional Workforce Board in Waterbury. ...

Friday, June 26, 2009

Youth target of summer jobs program

Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA
She said the summer jobs program not only provides employment, it also helps provide skills for the future. “The Summer Youth Employment Program is an ...

Statewide labor programs gearing up for summer youth workforce

Connectcut Plus - Hartford,CT,USA
“These teenagers and young adults will now have exceptional opportunities to gain valuable hands-on experience in any number of jobs in their communities. ...

Stimulus, Greater Philadelphia Chamber aiding Phila. summer jobs ...

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The state's work force investment boards will use ARRA funds to create an estimated 8692 summer youth jobs across Pennsylvania.

ARRA's $500M green job initiative announced Wednesday in Memphis ...

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
“Workers receiving training through projects funded by these competitions will be at the forefront as our nation transforms the way we generate electricity, ...

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Iowa program shows jobless it's about whom you know

DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
Net2Work is a joint effort of Iowa Workforce Development, Right Management, 2 The Top and the Greater Des Moines Partnership. ...

High Country Press | High Country Workforce Board Launches ...

That one source is available today a creation of the High Country Workforce Development Board and the only local recoveryfocused website in the State of ...

Mayor: More summer jobs aimed at reducing youth violence

Ballard News Tribune - Seattle,WA,USA
Mayor Greg Nickels meets with participants of his summer jobs program for youth at the Environmental Outreach and Stewardship Alliance in Georgetown. ...

Youth employment a priority for Minneapolis

Minnesota Daily - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The money created 500 youth jobs this summer — exciting employment news for the city given Gov. Tim Pawlenty's announced $300 million budget cut in city, ...

Teens nab new jobs

Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
You know the economy's bad when teens can't get summer jobs at fast-food restaurants or movie theaters. So thousands are picking up shovels, ...

Summer Jobs Program Helping Kids, Calhoun Co.

Calhoun County Journal - Bruce,MS,USA
Renick said more than 10000 applications were submitted throughout the region for the approximate 1600 summer youth jobs. “In rural America, there's not ...

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Six Employment Centers To Open In Wake, Johnston

MyNC.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
The Capital Area Workforce Development Board will open six SHARE (Sharing How Access to Resources ...

Summer jobs still available for qualified youth through Morris ...

Warren Reporter - Warren,NJ,USA
The agency is taking part in the 2009 Youth Summer Work Experience Program, funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, offering summer jobs ...

Expanded program offers youths summer jobs

Visalia Times-Delta - Visalia,CA,USA
The decades-old initiative, which focuses on securing summer work, job training and job search skills for low-income, at-risk and disadvantaged youth ...

120 Youth Jobs In Musk. Co.

WHIZ - Zanesville,OH,USA
120 teenagers can say they have a job this summer thanks to stimulus money the Muskingum County Opportunity Center received. It was back in May the center ...

Green Summer Youth Program to Employ 800; Commission Allowed to ...

Washington Post - United States
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) has launched the second year of the Green Summer Jobs Corps, a program designed to employ District residents ages 14 to 21 in ...

Solis helps kick off United We Serve in LA

Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The Labor secretary tours La Causa, a job training and education center for at-risk youths 16 to 24. By Sherine El Madany Wearing a T-shirt labeled ...

Oakland Green Job Corps grads get to work

San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The federal stimulus package includes $500 million for green job training, Kim said. Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums is also promoting green job training as a way ...

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

City of Inglewood Named a 2009 All-America City

Inglewood Today - Inglewood,CA,USA
The City of Inglewood and LAOIC partnered with South Bay Workforce Investment Board, South Bay One-Stop Business and Career Centers, County of Los Angeles ...

Great Lakes Boating News: Wind power in northeast Wisconsin gets ...

By Justin
The state announced Thursday the recipients of $951000 in worker training grants, and $25000 was awarded to the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board for the New North Wind Works Initiative. read more. Posted by Justin at 10:05 AM ...

Teens find summer work in gov't stimulus package

The Associated Press
So thousands are picking up shovels, brooms and trash in part-time jobs paid for with federal stimulus money, which includes $1.2 billion for youth ...

Monday, June 22, 2009

HOPE connects Pine Islanders, services

The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
Jim Wall, director of business development for the Southwest Florida Workforce Development Board, was on hand to help people look for jobs. ...

Licking County acquires stimulus money for summer jobs

The Newark Advocate - Newark,OH,USA
Most of the jobs begin this week, at salaries of $7.30 to $8 per hour, but the pay is more for some older youth positions. Most jobs begin about July 1 and ...
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The Political Carnival: Nominations Confirmed

By GottaLaff
... Jane Oates to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA); Herbert Allison to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability (new position to oversee the TARP program) ...

Employers and job providers swap tips at the monthly Job Links ...

Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
Job Links Excelerator is for employers and providers of job candidates — universities, nonprofits and groups like Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County ...

Stimulus funding job program for youth

The Newark Advocate - Newark,OH,USA
By KENT MALLETT • Advocate Reporter • June 20, 2009 NEWARK — Federal economic stimulus money will be used to provide summer jobs for about 150 Licking ...

At-risk youth receive job training, opportunity

ReporterNews.com - Abilene,TX,USA
... as the Stimulus Act, the regional program will help approximately 300 at-risk youth ages 14 to 24 gain work-readiness skills and on-the-job training. ...

Workforce initiative changes location

Northern Colorado Business Report - Fort Collins,CO,USA
Gilliland said a "revamped" Larimer County Workforce Investment Board - which oversees the Workforce Center - was better suited to continue the project ...

Nevada JobConnect to receive stimulus funds for applicants

Pahrump Valley Times - Pahrump,NV,USA
The grant is funneled from the US Department of Labor to the Southern Nevada Workforce Investment Board to the Pahrump JobConnect office, Palacios said. ...

Two local industries are honored

Richmond County Daily Journal - Rockingham,NC,USA
In a press release, the Pee Dee Workforce Development Board also noted three Richmond County participants in programs conducted under provisions of the ...

Obama Administration Delivers More than $453 Million for ...

By EERE
Recovery Act funding to expand weatherization assistance programs, create jobs and weatherize more than 165000 homes. COLUMBUS, OH - June 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that the ... for jobs in the energy efficiency sector, the state will follow the recommendations of the California Green Collar Jobs Council by employing members of the California Conservation Corps, Youthbuild and other youth employment groups. ...

Grant money facilitates new youth hires

MLive.com - MI,USA
"And there is intense competition for the jobs out there. I think they realized that a summer program is a good way to positively engage these youth. ...

TEMECULA: Summer jobs program boosted by federal stimulus

North County Times - Californian - Escondido,CA,USA
The jobs offered for the youth include positions in food service, the insurance industry, summer camps, dental offices and the library. ...

Cities putting young adults to work

CNN - USA
... she has joined the Summer Youth Employment Program, according to WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach. So far 200 people have landed jobs through the program, ...

Stimulus Sparks a Summer Jobs' Comeback

TIME - USA
Back when President Lyndon Johnson launched the War on Poverty in 1965, the Federal Government started funding summer-jobs programs for low-income youth. ...

Friday, June 19, 2009

Stimulus cash will support accelerated job training

Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription) - Spartanburg,SC,USA
The State Workforce Investment Board in coordination with the Department of Commerce announced today that it will provide a $4 million grant to the South ...

Wisconsin grants to fund training programs

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The grants specifically will assist work force development agencies in training workers in health care and advanced manufacturing industries. ...

New program to bring workers

LubbockOnline.com - Lubbock,TX,USA
By Chris Van Wagenen | AJ BUSINESS EDITOR WorkForce Solutions South Plains accepted a check for $360000 Wednesday as part of a state-supported pilot program ...

Grants to give jobs to young residents

Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron,MI,USA
... are part of the Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and are administered through the Macomb/St. Clair Workforce Development Board, ...

Wal-Mart Foundation Awards Grant to Jobs for Maine's Graduates

MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA
Craig Larrabee says, “In today's economy, jobs are hard to come by. The youth job market is nearly dried up in many places. Wal-Mart's commitment to ...

Stimulus program helps employ 89 youth in Macon for summer months

Tuskegee News - Tuskegee,AL,USA
By GUY RHODES Macon County is taking full advantage of a summer jobs program funded by the federal stimulus package. Designed for those from ages 16 to 24 ...

Stimulus Package to Fund Summer Youth Work Programs

Progress Review - La Porte City,IA,USA
Participating youth can work up to 30 hours per week earning $7.25 per hour. Interested youth should apply as soon as possible, as these summer jobs will be ...

Employment program returns

Martinsburg Journal - Martinsburg,WV,USA
By Jenni Vincent / Journal staff writer MARTINSBURG - After a long hiatus, the state Summer Youth Employment Program is back - and it couldn't happen at a ...

Keeping the Economy Green - Green Jobs for the Black Community

New California Media - San Francisco,CA,USA
Speaking to a crowd of over 100 attendees, California Public Utilities ... Jamil Dada, Chairman of the National Association of Workforce Boards; Craig Keys, ...

Youth gain job skills while helping economy

Augusta Chronicle - Augusta,GA,USA
"For some, the training helps them determine what career they might pursue. For others, they may be building relationships that can lead to a job in the ...

US Stimulus Funds Provide Job Training, Food in Los Angeles

Voice of America - USA
Young people are getting job training at the Watts Health Center, a non-profit inner-city clinic. California's unemployment rate is 11 percent, ...

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Let The Stimulus Stimulate: The Gospel According to Carson

Black Voice News - Riverside,CA,USA
Our partners in this effort are the CSU Women's Business Center, the Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) and the Workforce Investment Board (WIB). ...

Recovery Act makes new grants available

Wyoming Business Report - Cheyenne,WY,USA
By Staff CHEYENNE - In an effort to address the needs of Wyoming's workforce and businesses, the Wyoming Workforce Development Council has announced three ...

600 Employees Coming to the South Plains

KCBD-TV - Lubbock,TX,USA
Workforce Solutions South Plains announced Wednesday that 600 workers over the next three years will come into the area thanks to a $360000 grant used for ...

Dutchess summer youth employment program getting more money

Mid-Hudson News - Newburgh,NY,USA
The program provides youths ages 14 to 20 with summer employment positions in private and not-for-profit businesses around the county.

Jobs for young people available across county

Fremont News Messenger - Fremont,OH,USA
Attention those14 and 24 who need a summer job. WSOS may have just the program for you. Federal money from the American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) ...

Young Adults Score Summer Jobs

WPBF - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
"With the recession going on, it's hard to find a job," said Kahtoya Wesley, 20. The Summer Youth Employment Program is being funded with $3 million in ...

Summer youth enrich worksites

The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
Individuals who are economically disadvantaged or face other employment barriers were eligible to apply for summer jobs making $7.25 or more per hour.

On Your Side: Summer job program will be helping a lot more young ...

Bryan got the job through the Richmond-Burke County Job Training Authority summer program. The government kicks in the paycheck and the businesses provide the experience. He's one one of 350 young people in the program, up from 78 last ...

CEO Academy for young adults

Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek,CA,USA
The five-day entrepreneurship camp is hosted by the Job Training Center, Tehama County Youth Council, Premier West Bank and North State WIRED. ...

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Report shows educational progress in area

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
kentuckianaworks, which is the Greater Louisville region's Workforce Investment Board, and the University of Louisville just released the fifth annual ...

Finding FAME

Kingston Reporter - Plymouth,MA,USA
Hanks serves on the South Coastal Workforce Investment Board that oversees federal and state workforce development activities. A subcommittee focusing on ...

Federal funds create summer employment for youths

Winona Daily News - Winona,MN,USA
By KJ LANG | Lee Newspapers The Western Wisconsin Workforce Development Board received the money for a youth summer employment program, “Shades of Green. ...

New job center opens, unemployment drops

WKOW-TV.com - Madison,WI,USA
"There's no shortage of need, but there's definitely a shortage of relief," said Seth Lentz, on the Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin. ...

Summer Youth Employment Program Receives Boost From Stimulus Dollars

KFBB NewsChannel 5 - Great Falls,MT,USA
The participants must also meet certain barriers to employment, which could include being a school dropout, foster child, parent, or someone with disability ...

Employment program gets federal grant

Providence Eyewitness News - RI,USA
PROVIDENCE, RI (WPRI) - The US Department of Labor announced Tuesday it will award a grant of nearly $700000 to an education and workforce-development ...

San Antonio Youth Centers awarded nearly $700000 grant

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
“Young people who lack a high school education or occupational training face an uphill battle in the competition for jobs,” Gonzalez says. ...

Grant Targets New Workers For Lubbock

News Radio 1420 Lubbock, Texas
A $360,000 Texas Workforce Commission training grant was awarded to Workforce Solutions South Plains in support of the South Plains Recruitment and Reemployment Initiative... Levelland Economic Development Corporation, the Muleshoe Economic Development Corporation, the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center, the National Association of Workforce Boards and a number of area employers. ...

Bluegrass youth employment program gets stimulus infusion of near ...

Business Lexington - Lexington,KY,USA
"I'm very excited and happy that congress recognized the importance and need for the youth jobs program," said Stoltz. "Youth unemployment is as high as ...

Stimulus funds spur Park City youth summer jobs program

Waukegan News Sun - Waukegan,IL,USA
"This is a great opportunity for four economically disadvantaged youngsters to acquire on-the-job work skills over the summer to enhance their future ...

Workforce Investment Act begins summer youth program

White Mountain Independent - Show Low,AZ,USA
"We want this to be beneficial to the employers, the youth and the community as a whole. We want to prepare young people to get and keep jobs. ...

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Ventura County Workforce Investment Board Announces Recipients of ...

The Workforce Investment Board (WIB) of Ventura County announced the recipients of the 2009 Annual WIB Awards. The awards recognize individuals and ...

Real-world experience

San Angelo Standard Times - san angelo,tx,USA
Chapa found her job through the Darby's Kids program, which is partnering with Workforce Solutions of the Concho Valley to help teens find jobs. ...

telecom.newsdll.com: New Broadband Fiber Optic Training for Summer ...

By Just
The lead agency Urban League of Central Carolinas (ULCC) received a $450000* Stimulus grant from the Charlotte- Mecklenburg Workforce Development Board (CMWDB) to begin a new National Broadband and Fiber Optics Certification program for ...

Summer Job Opportunities for Young People

By Wilkes County News
Misty Bishop-Price, youth systems manager for the High Country Workforce Development Board, said the goal is to provide jobs for at least 160 people in the targeted age range this summer. She says that's at least 20 to 30 in each of the ...

Office of Youth in Natural Resources, restoring habitat and jobs

Green Right Now - Los Angeles,CA,USA
This summer, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus funds), 5000 additional jobs for youth are in the process of being added to the ...

New Orleans Program Links Green Jobs, Youth Development

New York Times - United States
By PHIL TAYLOR and GREENWIRE New Orleans resident Jordan Walters quit his sales job this year to join a youth service program that would allow him to ...

Federal dollars can mean local jobs for teens

The Courier News - Elgin,IL,USA
"While it has become increasingly challenging for teens to find jobs in this economy, we have been given a way to secure jobs for dozens of youth," ...

Missoula program picking up stimulus money

Montana's News Station - Missoula,MT,USA
The addition of approximately $300900 federal stimulus dollars in the Missoula area will be used to revitalize the area's Summer Youth Employment Program. ...

Monday, June 15, 2009

Feds give $14M for training

Pacific Coast Business Times - Santa Barbara,CA,USA
... banded together to present a more compelling case for grants, said Cheryl Moore, executive director of the Ventura County Workforce Investment Board. ...

NLC Meets With White House on Job Training Reform

Nation's Cities Weekly - Washington,DC,USA
“We want to know how to make the nation's workforce development system more effectively meet the needs of employers and workers. ...

Road to recovery: Affordable training for your small business

The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
... that I don't think businesses are aware of," said Jim Wall, business development director for the Southwest Florida Workforce Development Board. ...

Workforce stimulus helps people find jobs

Killeen Daily Herald - Killeen,TX,USA
By Don Bolding Workforce Solutions of Central Texas, the regional affiliate of the Texas Workforce Commission, has received a fast shot in the arm like it ...

Access point to aid displaced workers dedicated in Fort

Officials from the Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin ... The Workforce Development Board is one of the partners that helps to provide ...

Workforce Plus receives grant to expand services to veterans

Tallahassee.com - Tallahassee,FL,USA
Workforce Plus is a workforce development board that assists job seekers in Leon, Gadsden and Wakulla counties. The grant was awarded to Workforce Plus by ...

Federal job training for seniors more in demand than ever

Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek,CA,USA
Host agencies offer participants on-the-job training, while the federal government pays them minimum wage of $8 an hour and picks up the tab for workers' ...

'Return to Roots' Web site unveiled

Martinsville Bulletin - Martinsville,VA,USA
Virginia-based employers can pay to post job listings at the site, according to Kim Adkins, executive director of the Workforce Investment Board. ...

Stimulus Money Available for Job Seekers in Fulton County

WXIA-TV - Atlanta,GA,USA
The Fulton County Department of Human Services expects to receive more than $2.4 million in federal stimulus money for Workforce Development. ...

US Labor Department awards approximately $114 million in grants to ...

PR-USA.net (press release) - Varna,Bulgaria
... North Chicago IL County 687500 30 City of Peoria Peoria IL Workforce Development Department 687500 31 Comprehensive Rockford IL Community Solutions, ...

Nation Fund Program Helps Students Jumpstart Their Education and ...

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that people with high school diplomas have higher employment rates and salaries than those who ...

Putting youth to work for the summer

The Newark Advocate - Newark,OH,USA
BY JEFF GILL • For the Advocate • June 13, 2009 If you have a teenager about the house this summer now that school is done, let's be brutally candid: Jobs ...

Lucas Co. youth work summer jobs thanks to stimulus funds

WTOL - Toledo,OH,USA
Kyrra Cannon's summer job is to lend a hand wherever she's needed and there's lot's of work to be done at the Office of the Youth Opportunities Program. ...

CEP program finds summer jobs for youth

Park Rapids Enterprise - Park Rapids,MN,USA
Before starting their summer jobs, youth went through training to learn what employers will expect. Caleb Atkins, who will be a senior this fall at Park ...

US mayors recognize program that trains youth for green jobs

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA
The grant, through the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, would allow 50 more students to participate plus start a school-year program for 30 ...

An Entrepreneurial Workforce Critical to America's Future Success ...

By ResumeBear
The goal of the Initiative is to conduct research and then incorporate the best thinking of business leaders, workforce development organizations and educators to develop an action plan that Junior Achievement and other organizations ...

Kids College offers summer options

Suffolk News-Herald - Suffolk,VA,USA
Hosted at the College's Regional Workforce Development Center in Franklin, this summer enrichment series features unique workshops for rising second- to ...

Council aims to put people to work

Wisconsin Radio Network - Madison,WI,USA
By Jackie Johnson Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman addresses the governor's Council on Workforce Investment, ...

Rep. Doris Matsui Announces $1 Million for Sacramento Youth ...

OBSNews.com - Sacramento,Ca,USA
“Workforce development is essential in helping our disadvantaged young adults to be workforce ready.” Traditionally, the Sacramento YouthBuild program would ...

ABQNews: New Mexico Getting Federal Money To Help Unemployed

By Jim McElroy
The funding will be administered by the state Department of Workforce Solutions, the news release said. It will provide $2.44 million in career training funds, $367346 in administrative funds and $350000 in case management funds. ...

NACA likely to receive $265000 in training assistance

CharlotteObserver.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Typically, companies that are interested approach the workforce development board, she said. Charlotte and Mecklenburg County officials were not asked to ...

MAYOR NEWSOM LAUNCHES SUMMER JOBS FOR YOUTH

California Chronicle - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Despite economic and fiscal challenges, the City will continue funding on-going youth employment initiatives. This summer 1400 slots for youth under 18 ...

Summer youth jobs are funded

Wilkes Journal Patriot - N Wilkesboro,NC,USA
Misty Bishop-Price, youth systems manager for the High Country Workforce Development Board, said the goal is to provide jobs for at least 160 people in the ...

Comptroller says more job training on the way

News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA
More job training for Texas workers may soon be on the way, thanks to a bill passed by the Texas Legislature. A $25 million JET, or the Jobs and Education ...

Friday, June 12, 2009

Stimulus program opens up summer jobs for 600 youths

Penn Hills Progress - Monroeville,PA,USA
The county has federal stimulus dollars to expand its Summer Youth Employment Program and hire about 600 workers 14 to 24 years old for jobs themed around ...

Federal grant could help young CHA residents land summer jobs

Chi-Town Daily News - Chicago,IL,USA
BY ADRIAN G. URIBARRI Chicago Housing Authority commissioners will next week consider a grant to help about 900 low-income youth land jobs at city agencies. ...

Southwest Gives Decatur County Youth Employment Boost

Decatur County Chronicle - Decaturville,TN,USA
Nearly four dozen young people in Decatur County will get a chance to learn some valuable job skills this summer, thanks to the Southwest Human Resource ...

Stimulus package creates hundreds of summer jobs in south Mississippi

WLOX - Biloxi,MS,USA
The teens started their new jobs this week at the Harry C. Tartt Head Start Center in Gulfport. The workers are part of the new Summer Youth Employment ...

Federal Stimulus Funds Local Youth Employment

WYFF4.com - Greenville,SC,USA
It's money that they'll earn through the Summer Youth Employment Program. "I was happy because, like, I've been putting applications, like, everywhere and I ...

County offers summer employment opportunities for youth

WWSB ABC 7 - Sarasota,FL,USA
"The Summer Youth Employment Program is a great way for teens and young adults to learn the responsibilities of a full-time job, network with local ...

Ventura County Leadership Academy to spotlight local leaders

Ventura County Star - Camarillo,CA,USA
Cheryl Moore, Executive Director of the Workforce Investment Board of Ventura County, will be recognized as VCLA's Distinguished Community Leader during the ...

Workforce agency approves big budget increase

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA
The Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board is receiving almost $8.1 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which will fund more than ...

Matt Chambers is reappointed to state post

WLKM Radio - Three Rivers,MI,USA
The Council for Labor and Economic Growth serves as the state's workforce investment board required under Section 111 of the Federal Workforce Investment ...

MinnWest Spurs Development Through STEM Education Initiatives

Campus Technology - Chatsworth,CA,USA
It also provides workforce development, economic development and education systems that support the economy. The new infusion will help MinnWest and its ...

Medical College grant will address work force needs

Triangle Business Journal - Raleigh,NC,USA
The grant was announced Thursday by Roberta Gassman, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, one of the organziations receiving the ...

Workforce Solutions partner on summer youth program

TCPalm - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
By staff report The Summer Youth program is funded through the American Recovery Reinvestment and Recovery Act and provides 200 local young people between ...

Displaced workers get local job search resource

Watertown Daily Times - Watertown,WI,USA
The Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin's Work Smart System cut the ribbon on its access point in Watertown today at MATC. ...

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Stimulus Money Begins Digging Into Berks Economy : WFMZ-TV 69News

Since then, Ed McCann of the Berks County Workforce Investment Board says he's been happy to hustle to put those dollars to good use. >> MCCANN: We haven't been able to run a large scale summer employment program in probably nine or 10 ...

Report: An 'Entrepreneurial Workforce' Critical to America's ...

PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The goal of the Initiative is to conduct research and then incorporate the best thinking of business leaders, workforce development organizations and ...

NPT Capitol: $10 million grant for IAF job training ...

By epmediagroup
Eissler) both create the Comptroller's $25 million JET (Jobs and Education for Texans) Fund, which includes this $10 million for grants to innovative and successful workforce development programs which train unemployed and underemployed ...

A jam-packed preliminary program for the Workforce Education ...

RenewableEnergyWorld.com - Peterborough,NH,USA
Speakers from all corners of the United States will be representing community colleges, training organizations, skill centers, workforce development ...

Cynthia Lorenzo appointed to lead Agency for Workforce Innovation

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The agency administers the state's work force development programs, unemployment compensation, labor market statistics and early learning programs. ...

Texas Workforce Commission Donates $165K To TJC

Tyler Morning Telegraph - Tyler,TX,USA
Wendell Holcombe, director of workforce development for the East Texas Workforce Development Board, said the community drove the demand for Lean training. ...

Beekeeping supplier gets award

Wilkes Journal Patriot - N Wilkesboro,NC,USA
Forrest worked with Ruby Greene of the High Country Workforce Development Board to prepare a proposal for the grant two years ago. ...

US Department of Labor releases more than $450 million in ...

PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
For more information on TAA and other Department of Labor employment and training programs, visit http://www.doleta.gov. Editor's Note: A list of allotments ...

Nonprofits Utlilizing Stimulus Funds to Hire Youth at Nonprofit ...

By corinne
Most of the jobs are for local non-profit organizations like the Urban League of Middle Tennessee. President Patricia Stokes says her organization would not be hiring teens without the stimulus money. “We are publicly supported through ...

ABCAP helps area youth find jobs

The People's Defender - West Union,OH,USA
We also provide them with classroom instruction to sharpen their job skills." The summer program runs from June 10 through August 14. Youth must meet three ...

Workforce Partnership Draws $24M in Federal Stimulus Funds

San Diego Business Journal - CA,USA
Thanks to a nearly $24 million infusion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the San Diego Workforce Partnership, the regional job training ...

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Nursing Workforce Solutions for 21st Century Health Care: How Do ...

By Chris Fleming
Join us for a discussion, moderated by Susan Dentzer of Health Affairs, examining the impact of the nursing workforce on health care delivery, access and quality. This event, on Friday June 12 from 9 am to noon at the Union Station ...

Alliance Hub to offer national logistics training program

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
“These training programs and certifications are the collective efforts of our industry partners, MSSC and Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas, ...

Grant Awarded to Provide Services to Troops

WCTV - Tallahassee,FL,USA
WORKFORCE plus, the workforce development board serving Gadsden, Leon and Wakulla counties, has recently been awarded $150000 through the Florida BrAIve ...

Video Contest To Promote Employment For People With Disabilities ...

By Shaun Heasley
Jobs are hard to come by for people with disabilities, recession or not. But a campaign by a consortium of leading disability organizations is seeking to change that trend.

Stimulus funds to create more than 200 summer jobs in region

Times-Herald - Forrest City,AR,USA
We used to see those type of jobs in summer youth programs but they've gone away over the years and it's nice to see them back,” said Crumbly. ...

Stimulus funds to help Grand County job seekers

Sky Hi Daily News - Granby,CO,USA
In its proposal for the use of the federal funds, the public health office outlined a varied list of education and job-readiness training that could be made ...

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Haverhill has more summer jobs for youths

Eagle Tribune - North Andover,MA,USA
That's because the Workforce Investment Board will fund their $8-per-hour ... Carberry said the Workforce Investment Board has already visited area schools ...

Program aims to give Georgia workers edge - News - Ledger-Enquirer.com

... employers that Work Ready-certified job seekers possess the skills necessary to hit the ground running and are ready to take on more challenging tasks,” said Debra Lyons, director of the Governor's Office of Workforce Development. ...

Green Pathways Out of Poverty: Workforce Development Initiatives ...

By ladan
Workforce development practitioners face a set of common questions about services, partnerships, curriculum, certifications, links to employers, funding and measuring their results. On March 30 and 31, 2009, Green For All convened a ...

Iowa Governor Culver Announces ARRA Funds For Workforce ...

All American Patriots (press release) - Taeby,NA,Sweden
By admin - Posted on June 8th, 2009 June 4, 2009 -- DES MOINES – Iowa Governor Chet Culver announced that the US Department of Labor has certified $70.8 ...

Obama's summer jobs plan: work for 600000 people

Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... the hiring of some 135000 teachers and other school staffers and 125000 summer jobs for youth under the supervision of the Department of Labor. ...

Stimulus funds will bring summer jobs for disadvantaged

Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Each site with an available job created the job specifically for the summer youth program; none of the participants will fill an existing position. ...

Stimulus dollars lift hopes for teen jobs this summer

St. Louis American - St. Louis,MO,USA
Communities such as Charleston County in South Carolina haven't had a widespread summer youth jobs program in years but they will this summer because of the ...

Durango Herald News, Call of duty: Vets go green

Morgan, Curry and 13 others graduated Wednesday from the Home Energy Audit Training class, designed and run by Veterans Green Jobs. The class spent most of its time in the San Luis Valley, getting on-the-job training in upgrading homes ...

Bill to expand veterans' job training advances in Congress

Madison Messenger - Danville,VA,USA
Tom Perriello's efforts to increase on-the-job training benefits for veterans are advancing through Congress after his legislation cleared the Economic ...

Monday, June 8, 2009

It's off to work — with a hand

San Angelo Standard Times - san angelo,tx,USA
“We're hoping the employers mentor these kids,” said Cathy Ballard, director of planning for the Concho Valley Workforce Development Board. ...

Workforce Investment Act gives kids a summer job, provides hope ...

The program allows prospective college students a way to earn money to pay for books, gives them something to do during the summer and provides them with on-the-job training. For others in the program, the job is more important. ...

Program aims to be job stimulus for low-income Tarrant youth

Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
By DIANE SMITH Jeremy Lee, 19, of Fort Worth talks to Andrea Winfrey of Workforce Solutions during the enrollment event. Special to the ST/DJ Peters FORT ...

Danville Weekly Danville Weekly: Teen job program moving ahead ...

At a May 14 press conference, Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Susan Bonilla and Workforce Development Board Executive Director Bob Lanter announced that $2.5 million of $6.9 million in American Recovery and ...

Mobile Career Centers Roll Out To Help Folks Find Jobs

WCTV - Tallahassee,FL,USA
You can contact the Workforce Development Board to find out when it's going to be in your area. The number for the North Florida Workforce Development Board ...

Responding To May Jobs Report, Biden Says Stimulus Implementation ...

AHN - USA
The economy lost 345000 jobs last month, bringing the total number of jobs lost since this recession began in December 2007 to 6 million, ...

Federal stimulus dollars help West Michigan youth find jobs

WZZM - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
All the jobs are full or they are not hiring," she says. "I need money for college." That desire to work led Adrianna to a summer youth work program offered ...

Nixon Signs Job Training, Tax Break Bill

fox4kc.com - Kansas City,USA
The bill will give businesses access to capital to expand job training and create high-tech jobs. According to Gov. Nixon, the jobs that are created must ...

Govt. Launches Program for Job Training Unemployed Workers

WQOW TV News 18 - Eau Claire,USA
Eau Claire (WQOW) - A $7 million grant program is being launched by the government to help kick-start job training. It's to prepare laid off autoworkers and ...

Friday, June 5, 2009

Bay Area Partnership Spurs Energy and Good Jobs : Apollo Alliance

The groups already collaborate with such agencies and organizations as the Workforce Investment Board, Contra Costa College and West Contra Costa Adult Education, the Solar Living Institute, Oakland Green Jobs Corps, ...

County to get $1 million to train young parents

Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA
By PATRICK BURNS, Staff Writer The Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board will receive $1 million in federal funds to help at-risk young parents obtain ...

California Youth@Work Program Connects Youth And Employers for ...

Ventura County Star - Camarillo,CA,USA
The program is funded by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and is administered by the Workforce Investment Board of Ventura ...

Gov. Culver: Announces federal recovery funds for workforce ...

IowaPolitics.com (press release) - IA,USA
DES MOINES – Governor Chet Culver announced that the US Department of Labor has certified $70.8 Million in federal Recovery Act funds to the state of Iowa. ...

More summer help available for Prophetstown thanks to a grant

Journal and Courier - Lafayette,IN,USA
The jobs are going to young workers whose family incomes are at or below the poverty level. That's about $23000 annually for a family of four. ...

$3 million in stimulus aid to help put 1000 to work

Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
The remaining $600000 allows Goodwill Industries and the Urban League to provide temporary jobs to young people who have difficulty getting jobs. ...

State Program Has Jobs for Youths

East Mountain Telegraph - Cedar Crest,NM,USA
This is the first time New Mexico has received special funding for summer youth programs since 1999, according to Lawrence Rael, executive director of the ...

City to employ 554 youth this summer

South Pittsburgh Reporter - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has officially launched the 2009 Pittsburgh Summer Youth Employment Program (PSYEP) that will run from July 6 through August 14, 2009. ...

The News-Gazette.com: Youth programs help make finding summer work ...

This year, the county received $449719 in stimulus funds for youth employment programming, said J.J. Jett, assistant director of Danville Area Community College's Job Training Partnership. Job Training Partnership, in turn, awarded some ...

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Program Aims to Get Teenagers in Productive Summer Jobs

My Fox 8 - Greensboro,NC,USA
They just don't have enough employers participating in the program yet," said Lillian Plummer, Executive Director of the Workforce Development Board in ...

Waco news briefs for Wed., June 3

Waco Tribune Herald - Waco,TX,USA
The Heart of Texas Workforce Development Board is sponsoring a youth summer employment and development program at Texas State Technical College, ...

Green Job Seekers: Online Map Shows Green Businesses in Cali

By Justin Moresco
President Obama has called for the creation of 5 million green jobs in the coming years, and the billions of dollars available for clean technology in the stimulus package — notably the $600 million aimed at green job training programs ...

Job training goes to the movies

MSN Money - USA
... a new partnership with Columbia Pictures on Thursday morning for a job training program benefiting District youth on the studio's film “How Do You Know? ...

Building the future workforce Arizona Workforce Connection helps ...

Casa Grande Valley Newspapers - Casa Grande,AZ,USA
By Amanda Patton, Staff Writer Providing summer jobs for youth ages 14 to 21, WIA Lead Case Manager Deborah Castro said the Central Arizona Association of ...

Stimulus money to provide for 821 summer jobs

Providence Journal - Providence,RI,USA
The amount represents about half the money that Rhode Island will be getting under the federal youth summer jobs initiative. All told, the federal stimulus ...

Sum and Feeney: Don't leave youth behind in the labor market

Daily News Tribune - Waltham,MA,USA
Year-round jobs provide more cumulative work experience and offer greater opportunities for learning new skills. Second, unlike the WIA-funded summer youth ...

RI gets $4M for youth summer job programs

NECN - Newton,MA,USA
PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) - As many as 1700 young people from Rhode Island could get summer jobs this year thanks to nearly $4 million in federal grants.

Summer youth employment program gears up at WSET

Kilgore News Herald - TX, USA
The program hopes to place several eligible youth into meaningful summer jobs in public or private non-profit organizations. ...

1,400 jobs available for young workers

The Monitor
Rudy Ibarra wanted a job in which he could help people.

He needed help himself just a few weeks ago.

Ibarra, 21, was living in his car and going a day or two without eating after he was evicted from his Edinburg apartment for falling behind on his rent, he recalled Tuesday. With the job market for migrant farm labor seemingly dried up amid the lingering recession, he was unable to find employment and was missing payment due dates for his bills.