Monday, January 25, 2010

In Washington, local officials express views on stimulus ...

Press-Enterprise
Their two-day visit comes as Congress is considering reauthorization of the ... chairman of the National Association of Workforce Boards -- Flournoy and ...

Greater Hartford $5 Million Obtained For Summer Jobs Program

Hartford Courant
. The 2010-11 state budgets provides $5 million in funding for summer youth jobs with $1.5 million allocated for 2010 and $3.5 million allocated for 2011. ...

White House jobs forum final report released

Mother Nature Network (blog)
Many of the green jobs training grants provided for with Recovery Act funding is targeted at our nation's youth. The forum attendees all feel that providing ...

YouTube - Telling the Story of NOVA

Mike Curran National Association of Workforce Boards North Valley Job Training Consortium CSW. URL. Embed. Customize. Loading. ...

Wis. apprenticeship programs to expand with $6 million grant

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
... Milwaukee Area Investment Board, Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, Wisconsin Energy Corp., Ruud Lighting, Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corp., ...

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Students jumpstart careers with apprenticeship program

Standard Speaker
... Area Career and Technology Center, have been accepted into a pre-apprenticeship program facilitated by the Luzerne County Workforce Investment Board. ...

DOL announces a $1661173 grant to assist workers affected by ...

Ethiopian Review
Awarded to the Citrus Levy Marion Regional Workforce Development Board Inc., this grant will be operated by the Withlacoochee Workforce Development ...

Goodwill Austin garners $960K stimulus grant

Bizjournals.com
It will use the money in four phases and coordinate with Austin Community College, trade associations, employers and Workforce Solutions. ...

$2.5M awarded to help Central Texans rejoin workforce

Cameron Herald
An estimated $2.5 million in grant funding has been awarded to the Workforce Solutions of Central Texas to assist workers affected by layoffs, such as those ...

Friday, January 15, 2010

Jobs for the Future Awarded $8 Million 'Pathways Out of Poverty' Grant for the ...

PR Newswire (press release)
The National Fund for Workforce Solutions is a $30 million national philanthropic effort with $100 million in funding from over 200 local partners to expand ...

$2.5M COMES TO CENTRAL TEXAS REGION TO STABILIZE ECONOMY AND HELP LAIDOFF WORKERS

Cameron Herald
Funding for the REV-UP project was awarded to Workforce Solutions of Central Texas. The funding for services was awarded to the Texas Workforce Commission ...

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board gets $4 million in stimulus money to ...

The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
By Tom Zanki A local employment agency is getting $4 million in federal stimulus money to aid the needy through green jobs. The government says the program, ...

Making Dreams a Reality through Hire-A-Youth

SDNN: San Diego News Network (blog)
Read on for this success story from the Hire-A-Youth summer jobs program, which is funded by the San Diego Workforce Partnership. ...

Boley Centers receives $2.3 million to promote green jobs

MSN Money
Other Florida grants are $2.9 million to the Citrus Levy Marion Regional Workforce Development Board and $2.2 million to Florida State College in ...

Governor Schwarzenegger Announces California Jobs Initiative To Create 100000 ...

Gov Monitor
As chairman of the board of the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce we are really excited about the Governor's plan to infuse money into job training and to ...

Massachusetts Invests $8 Million For State Wide Re-employment Programs

Gov Monitor
“This money is critical during this challenging time in the job market,” said Senator Thomas McGee, Senate Chair of the Labor and Workforce Development ...

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

IT Certifications Get a Renewed Focus for Unemployed

eWeek (blog)
At least 50 percent of a Workforce Investment Board has to be made up of private business, so there is a balance between public and private entities. ...

$3.8 million to help in training for green jobs

Roanoke Times
... Virginia Western Community College, the New River/Mount Rogers Workforce Investment Board and the Western Virginia Workforce Development Board. ...

Lincoln, Pryor and Berry Announce $2.9 Million in Green Jobs Training Grants ...

BigNews.biz (press release)
The Eastern Arkansas Workforce Investment Board and Mid‐South Community College will use the funding to train participants through their renewable energy ...

Brockton, Taunton, Quincy and Plymouth among areas getting federal stimulus ...

The Patriot Ledger
In addition to Brockton's grant, the Bristol Area Workforce Investment Board, which covers Fall River, Taunton and Attleboro, will receive $326087 and the ...

Workforce Development: There's No App for That : Business ...

By Emily Barnes
The staff of the Centralina Workforce Development Board is constantly gathering intelligence from various sources including businesses and professionals in the communities we serve. Gathering this information and sorting it out gives us ...

Teen Summer Job Program Already Getting Applicants

WJZ
... Alice Cole, Youth Development Services. The city's summer jobs program was in jeopardy in recent times until the city made good on a promise to keep it. ...

Colorado gets $3.6M for green-job training

Summit Daily News
US Labor Secretary Hilda Solis last week announced nearly $100 million in green jobs training grants, $3.6 million of which will go to Colorado. ...

Workforce development can attract new industries to state

Nevada Appeal
“Communities that understand this fact, perform a marriage between economic development and workforce development ... will prosper and those that don't are ...

WIB Receives Gebbie Grant

Jamestown Post Journal
The Gebbie Foundation has awarded the Workforce Investment Board Inc. a grant to continue the Chautauqua Advancement Project, which works to attract and ...

Heartland Workforce to implement new program

Tampa Tribune
SEBRING - Florida's workforce development system, which includes Workforce Florida Inc., the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, and the state's 24 ...

ARRA Provides $4.8 Million for Texas Green Jobs

Cooler Planet
The Austin IBEW will offer the solar installer apprenticeships in conjunction with the Austin Workforce Investment Board (operating through the US Dept. of ...

Grant money available to jobless for training in high-demand fields

Palm Beach Post
Workforce Solutions, the nonprofit organization that distributes federal training money in the Treasure Coast, has stopped providing the grants for students ...

Leaders celebrate opening of One-Stop center

GoDanRiver.com
Mayor Sherman Saunders, West Piedmont Workforce Investment Board Chair Tim Clark, Teresa Carter Fontaine of the Southern Area Agency on Aging, ...

Youth Agencies to Share in $100 Million for Green Jobs Training

Youth Today
by Jamaal Abdul-Alim Several youth-serving agencies will benefit from $100 million in green jobs training grants that the US Department of Labor released ...

Iowa to get $2 million for job training

DesMoinesRegister.com
... Acciona Windpower, Dubuque Area Labor Management Council and others to help dislocated workers receive training in areas like renewable energy, ...

$13.48 million from feds for green job training

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
The grant goes toward the Sound Energy Efficiency Development program, which pays for training and job placement assistance in energy efficiency employment. ...

Austin gets $4.8 million in green-job training grant

Austin American-Statesman (blog)
The grant will go to Austin's Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, which is sponsored by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 520. ...

Labor Department unveils $100M in job training grants

The Detroit News
Washington -- The US Labor Department today announced $100 million in job-training grants for green jobs, including a $4.3 million program in Metro Detroit. ...

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Mass. workers will benefit from green jobs grant

Boston Globe
All told, the department said it was announcing nearly $100 million in green jobs training grants nationwide; the grants are authorized by the American ...

Michigan Lands Federal Funds for Workforce Development

WILX-TV
But DELEG Workforce Chief Andy Levin isn't quite so sure: "When we looked at the green firms that we could find, from 2005 to 2008, they grew 2500 new jobs ...

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board names Stefani Pashman CEO

Pittsburgh Business Times
She succeeds the organization's founder Ron Painter who departed to become president of the National Association of Workforce Boards. ...

Monday, January 4, 2010

Business update | htrnews.com | Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

PEWAUKEE — The Wisconsin Workforce Development Association has earned a national award from The National Association of Workforce Boards for its 2009 Summer ...

Cannon Hospital receives federal training grant

Boone Mountain Times
The High Country Workforce Development Board administers the grant that was awarded in a statewide competition. With the federal grant funds, ...

Danbury job training program gets $100000 federal grant

Danbury News Times
Photo: Chris Ware / The News-Times DANBURY -- A local job training program will be able to expand its offerings with a $100000 federal grant announced ...