Monday, November 23, 2009

Need a job? Let Fowler help you

From the November 22 HUNTSVILLE TIMES. Interview with a system professional. Mr. Fowler addresses the One-Stop Career Center service statistics. He also mentions the Stand Down event for veterans, the role of the faith-based coordinator, Job Corps, Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Older Workers club.

Stimulus money creates local jobs

Cape Cod Times
The Cape and Islands Workforce Investment Board, the regional nonprofit that oversees publicly funded education and training programs, estimates the ...

JAG-SC gets national honors

WMBF
JAG-SC is a dropout prevention program for high school students that began in 2005 and is funded through the State Workforce Investment Board. ...

Monday, November 16, 2009

Young professional shows others 'road to self-sufficiency'

Poughkeepsie Journal
Three years ago, the 30-year-old joined the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce as an employment mentor with its Workforce Development Center. ...

Chipola College news

Chipley Bugle - Chipley,FL,USA
Funds for the latest simulator came from the Chipola Regional Workforce Development Board. All simulators can be adjusted to suit the education point of the ...

Long Beach Employment Program Lists Hundreds of Jobs--to get Gold Medal Award ...

www.OC180NEWS.com
As a Gold winner in the 150001-500000 population category, Long Beach is being honored for its Creating a Youth-Driven Career Center program. ...

Friday, November 13, 2009

Green Jobs for 4-states future

KOAM-TV
... that direction in terms of what their career options may look like," says Jasen Jones, Director of the Workforce Investment Board of Southwest Missouri. ...

Summit aims at reducing Pittsburgh high school drop-out rates

Tribune Review
... according to reports completed by the Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board in conjunction with the mayor's office and city schools. ...

Workforce Development grants announced

Wyoming Business Report
By Staff CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Workforce Development Council (WWDC) has awarded several grants for industry partnership solutions and alternative/renewable ...

Piedmont Triad, NC, Economic News/Virtual Job Fair Receives Award

dBusinessNews Triad (press release) - NC,USA
The six workforce development boards involved in TriadWorks include: DavidsonWorks, Greensboro/High Point/Guilford County Workforce Development Board, ...

Thursday, November 12, 2009

LA gets more than $10.3 million in federal stimulus money

Los Angeles Daily News
The Community Development Department and the Workforce Investment Board on Tuesday began soliciting bids from training service providers interested in ...

Youth workforce coordinator named

Cincinnati.com
The goal is to serve 1000 youth in these programs by June 2011. In addition, the SWORWIB just concluded a summer youth jobs program, funded by the American ...

Los Angeles to use $10.3 million in stimulus funds for worker-training programs

Los Angeles Times
Villaraigosa said the city has received $43.7 million in job-training funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act so far, and between $300 million ...

TWIB helps area youth become self sufficient and productive members of the ...

PRLog.Org (press release)
“The Summer Youth Employment Program allowed us to provide employment and work experience for area youth who might not have had the chance to find ...

Region will receive $650K for job training

Mansfield News Journal
The federal Workforce Investment Act funding will make available up to $253958 for Richland County, to help pay for advanced training in manufacturing, ...

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Area wins national award for business collaboration

Gainesville Sun
TEAM, which formed in 2005, moved quickly to organize the Summer Youth Program when FloridaWorks partnered with Santa Fe College, the School Board of ...

Monday, November 9, 2009

Federal training funds reach 22000 Hawaii workers

Pacific Business News
Approximately 22000 Hawaii workers have benefited from federally funded work-force development initiatives in the past year, according to state officials. ...

Tammerling Drummond: Putting low-income youth to work a good use of federal funds

San Jose Mercury News
Fortunately, she qualified for Oakland's summer jobs program — a federally funded employment program designed to help low-income youth, ages 14 to 24 find ...

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Legislators plan meetings on job-training needs

Dubuque Telegraph Herald
The legislators will host members of a job-training needs study committee, co-chaired by state Rep. Wayne Ford, of Des Moines, and state Sen. ...

MCTC helping students in the workforce learn

MU The Parthenon
Through the Workforce Development Institute, workers can earn up to 29 college credits for the training received through their employers. ...

Monday, November 2, 2009

New WIB Member Blog

First day as a WIB member blog by Chris Hooks.

Summer youth program aids economy, brings jobs

Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise
Eligible youth for the Summer Youth Employment program were ages 14-24 and met income guidelines outlined by the act. Locally the program provided ...

City gets creative with arts plan

The Brown Daily Herald
She pointed to a summer youth employment program as one initiative in which the department was able to quickly and effectively carry out the mayor's ...

Report: 2300 Nebraska jobs saved, created by stimulus funds

Lincoln Journal Star
About $3.9 million in stimulus money paid for a statewide summer youth program, creating about 268 jobs, according to the report. ...

Stimulus funds created thousands of youth “recovery” jobs

Access Washington
Through the youth-employment program, she landed her first summer job, as a Head Start teacher's assistant. The program not only paid her wages, ...

Stimulus funds are used for workforce training, business retention, and youth ...

Fontana Herald-News
About $7.1 million in stimulus funding was assigned to the Summer Youth Employment Program, which placed 1834 youth, ages 14 to 24, in jobs this summer. ...