Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Dada named to state work force board

Press-Enterprise
He also serves as chairman of the National Association of Workforce Boards and is former chairman of Riverside County's Workforce Investment Board. ...

Program that helps homeless youth expands

TMCnet
... to transitional housing, the program offers mentoring for teenagers and has recently begun a social entrepreneurship program that offers jobs for youth. ...

leg up for teens in a tough job market

Baltimore Sun
"Those first jobs that teens get are foundational," he said. "There's risk that a greater percentage of this generation missing out on these jobs will feel ...

Monday, August 30, 2010

Green jobs to the rescue?

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Teresa Kittridge, executive director of Minnesota Renewable Energy Marketplace, administers federal grants initiated by the Governor's Workforce Development ...

Job finding site launches Monday

WMBF
--Information about registered job seekers, training opportunities, and workforce development programs. --Employee relations, EEO, workplace wellness, ...

Area companies recipients of job training grants

Nashua Telegraph
Two Greater Nashua companies received state job training grants this month, Gov. John Lynch has announced. Southeastern Container of Hudson and Airmar ...

Texoma School Reaches Milestone

KTEN
Workforce Solutions Texoma recognized the school Saturday night for this accomplishment. The Montessori school is the only one in the tri-county area to ...

Man who turned his life around to be honored

Seguin Gazette-Enterprise
He will receive special recognition from Workforce Solutions Alamo at its board meeting Monday in Seguin, along with EPMP Ltd., a company considered ...

US Transportation Secretary Announces $5.9 Million for On-the-Job Training Grants

Hawaii 24/7
The grants from the Federal Highway Administration's On the Job Training/ Supportive Services (OJT/SS) program will fund apprenticeships and training ...

Jefferson County firms get $82000 in Mo. training funds

St. Louis Business Journal
The funds recently were awarded through the state Department of Economic Developments' Division of Workforce Development (DWD) as part of its Missouri ...

Real people put face on workforce development

Lexington Dispatch
CV Products/Xceldyne Technologies in Thomasville has been nominated for the Governor's Award for Outstanding Workforce Development Employer. ...

Florida DOT to get nearly $700000 in federal grant money

South Florida Business Journal
It also will receive an additional $80710 of $5.9 million in grants to support transportation-related job training. US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood ...

New Hampshire Awards Jobs Training Fund Grants

Gov Monitor
Governor John Lynch today announced that five more New Hampshire companies have received Job Training grants in the month of August. Job Training grants are ...

Thursday, August 26, 2010

State Government Training Investments

WJFW-TV
PARK FALLS - Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman visits the Northwoods to announce major funding that will benefit ...

Knight Foundation invests $1.1 million in National Fund for Workforce Solutions

BlackEngineer.com
The National Fund for Workforce Solutions is the recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Grantmaking Award for Collaboration, bestowed by the Council on ...

SummerWorks youth reflect on jobs

South End News
by Brandon Simes This summer the ABCD SummerWorks program, which provides jobs for Boston youth, extended the program two weeks longer than usual. ...

Students in the Summer Youth Employment Program Learn Job Skills While Having Fun

Town Topics
For Ms. Mendez, the Summer Youth Employment Program is “one of my favorite things about my job” and certainly something of which she is “very proud. ...

GVW brownfields job training program

WRDW-TV
The GVW Brownfields Job Training Program will open the doors of opportunity. Dozens of people will have new jobs and a better future. ...

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Solar Energy Initiatives to Open Second Training School in South Carolina

MarketWatch (press release)
One-Stop Workforce Centers in every county offer job seekers and businesses access to WIA and Trade Assistance Act funded training opportunities, ...

Tennessee Launches New Site to Promote Job Training

MarketWatch (press release)
... job retention, earnings, and occupational skills improvement for participants by providing them with an updated list of statewide training providers. ...

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Youth Program Helps Greenleaf Cemetery

Brownwood News
Five students, who were enrolled in the Workforce Solutions summer program for youth of Central Texas, were employed at Greenleaf Cemetery this summer. ...

Lake Elmo youth awarded Certificates of Commendation for work with Tree Trust

Stillwater Gazette
Open to youth ages 14-21, the program offers training and jobs to those who would otherwise have trouble finding work in a difficult economy. ...

Monday, August 23, 2010

College Awarded $100000 Grant to Train Bio-Fuels Technicians

TMCnet
For more information about the Minnesota Governor's Workforce Development Council grant, contact Anoka-Ramsey Community College Professional Training at ...

Schools get grants to encourage health-related careers

Southeast Missourian
The Missouri Foundation for Health gave the schools the grant money through its Health Care Workforce Development funding program. ...

DWD Secretary Announces $151K Grant to Strengthen North Central ...

WSAW
Secretary Gassman awarded the grant to the North Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, DWD's regional partner which proposed the Transportation ...

Berea program works for teens and employers

Sun Star Courier (blog)
The foundation, in cooperation with the city, local churches and employees, helped create jobs for 25 youth, ages 16-18, for one month this summer. ...

How some Norwich youths spent their summer vacation

TheDay.com
This summer, 146 teenagers and young adults worked in the Summer Youth Employment Program run by Norwich Youth and Family Services and funded through state ...

Tech Schools Play a Vital Role in Charlotte's Economic Development

IndustryWeek
Northeastern and Screwmatics work hand-in-hand to develop a curriculum for workforce development training programs that meet Screwmatics' needs, Hogge says. ...

Summit aims to steer workers toward science-related fields

Herald Zeitung
The Health Care and Bioscience Industry Summit was hosted by Workforce Solutions, and focused on the health care and bioscience needs along the I-35 ...

Teens learn skills of getting, keeping jobs

Danbury News Times
These two Danbury area high school students are among 89 students completing the city's Summer Youth Employment program, a federally funded program for ...

Queensbury, Glens Falls and other teens learn through work

Glens Falls Post-Star
The 18-year-old was one of 52 participants in the Warren County Youth Employment Program, which provides summer jobs for low-income teens. ...

City of Craig recognized for summer youth employment

Craig Daily Press
The city recently received an award from the Colorado Governor's Summer Job Hunt Program for its youth employment initiatives. By Brian Smith At the start ...

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Midwest Auto Communities Receive U.S. EDA Grant to Help Develop a Strategic Plan for Job Creation and Economic Growth

The U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has announced a $500,000 grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan and the Center for Automotive Research of Ann Arbor, Mich., to support the Community Economic Adjustment Program (CEAP), which assists communities affected by automotive plant closures in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota in diversifying and expanding their economic base to create jobs and boost the local economy.
This project will allow Midwest communities to maintain collaborative partnerships with local government and universities in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. The CEAP will work to organize focus groups of stakeholders, prioritize immediate community needs, and hold assistance workshops to develop funding proposals aimed at reinvigorating the local economies and spurring job creation.

Commerce Secretary Announces $31.3 Million in Restoration and Recovery Grants for Louisiana Gulf

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke visited Louisiana to hear from local business owners and community members who have been directly affected by the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill. At an economic roundtable in Metairie, LA., Locke announced $31.3 million in coastal restoration and economic development grants for Louisiana and the Gulf Coast.

A $30.7 million restoration grant, awarded to the Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration by Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will fund the restoration of a critical barrier headland near Port Fourchon, LA. In addition, Locke announced a $600,000 effort by Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) to fund the deployment of 21 Assessment and Evaluation teams to communities affected by the BP oil spill in the Gulf.

The 21 teams are comprised of economic development practitioners, industry experts, and government officials that will conduct in-depth analyses of critical issues faced by the impacted communities, provide recommendations, and suggest potential solutions to issues of industry migration, workforce skills, small business needs, and infrastructure access and management.

Space industry jobs panel gives push to $35M in grants

A task force has recommended to President Barack Obama that companies focusing on aviation, solar power and life sciences compete for $35 million in federal grants in an effort to help replace lost space shuttle jobs. An additional $5 million would be distributed to commercial rocket companies vying to launch from Kennedy Space Center, under the recommendations to be released today after being formally submitted to Obama last week.

The $35 million will be distributed by the Commerce Department through competitive grants. The department would like to encourage businesses in the fields of aviation and aerospace, clean energy, homeland security, information technology, and life sciences.

The department's Economic Development Administration expects to have ground rules for the grants prepared by Sept. 1, with awards possible in the fall.

Bethany Christian Reformed Church, donors save McLaughlin neighborhood youth ...

MLive.com
The youth employment program, offered through Community enCompass, offers jobs to at-risk youth ages 14 to 24 in urban farming, lawn care and working with

The economy is lagging, but youth corps puts kids to work

Newberg Graphic
The number fluctuates as kids are fired or quit to focus on school or other jobs. The dog park project is using a $12000 grant the Youth Corps give for ...

Training Californians for Sustainable Jobs

Eco Institution (blog)
As its name suggest, CleanEdison Inc. stands out the nation's leading green job training provider that offers high-quality green education services to ...

US Department of Labor extends deadline for career videos challenge

Digital News Report
WASHINGTON — The US Department of Labor has extended the deadline for its ... of State Workforce Agencies and the National Association of Workforce Boards.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Raytheon beefing up Fort Meade work force

Bizjournals.com (blog)
The Anne Arundel Economic Development Corp. said Monday it will award Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) $110000 in workforce development grant money to help it meet its ...

HHS Announces Grants For Geriatric Education & Nursing Workforce Development

Senior Housing News (blog)
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced grants that will provide $106 million in funding for Nursing Workforce Development ...

Federal funds stimulate service action agency

The Marshall Democrat-News
In collaboration with the Workforce Development Board, which serves six of MVCAA's seven counties, the agency offered a Summer Youth Program. ...

Monday, August 16, 2010

Grant sharpens applicant's skills

Rocky Mount Telegram
North Carolina's Eastern Region, an economic development partnership, has approved a $35000 grant for the Turning Point Workforce Development Board to

Give your time to help a job-seeker in need

Charlotte Observer
The center is part of ProNet Charlotte, launched by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Workforce Development Board last year. "Without the overwhelming support of ...

Program gives youth job skills

Martinsville Bulletin
The federally funded Workforce Investment Act summer youth work/internship program served 17 youths. Patrick Shuler, the WIA program director for ...

Working it out for area youth

Herald Palladium (subscription)
With state and federal funding evaporating, the people at Michigan Works in March expected to place only 80 young people in its Summer Youth Employment ...

Young People at Work; San Bernardino County Workforce Investment ...

By Admin
Young People at Work; San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board and the Career Institute Recognize 102 Youth ... SAN BERNARDINO, CA--(Marketwire -

$333000 Utility Jobs Grant to Aid Fresno Veterans « The Warrior ...

By Devin
The Fresno Regional Workforce Investment Board received a $333000 grant from the California Employment Development Department. This grant will be put towards expanding a training program that lets veterans acquire skills to become ...

Friday, August 13, 2010

Green training program offers fresh start for at-risk youth

Milpitas Post
"We are a stimulus-funded program offering a work experience that offers job training and national certification," David Lovato, the program's unit leader,

Stealthily pushing soft skills into our schools

Boston Globe (blog)
... and secondary education, the secretary of housing and economic development, the secretary of labor and workforce development, or their designees, …

The MasterCard Foundation - Foundation Blog – Youth Ideas: A Rich ...

By Reeta Roy
It's hard to predict, but there is an untapped potential in youth that may be a valuable resource for all of us. Their ideas could greatly expand our knowledge about creating jobs, addressing poverty and building strong communities. ...

Young People at Work; San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board and the ...

Marketwire (press release)
The federal funding paid for the youth's wages while working in their summer jobs, thus fulfilling a critical step in their development by helping young ...

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Goodwill, Hospital's Job Training Partnership Successful

Gazette Newspapers
Long Beach CAP — with grant money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — paid for the program, which creates job training opportunities at ...

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

At-risk youth work for Rochester Rhinos, stay on the ball

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
"Teens are doing whatever they want to do." Tim Gibson said the program has provided the group more than jobs. "They got everybody together, everybody is ...

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

10th Annual Southwestern PA Smart Growth Conference - Regional ...

... Remaking Cities Institute, Smart Growth Partnership of Westmorland County, Southwest Chapter of the Pennsylvania Planners Association, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board, U.S. Department of ...

Giant Games » Online School Can Help You Get A Green Collar Job!

By admin
In Massachusetts, a community college is working with a workforce investment board to start a solar installation course, The Herald News reported. A 2006 study from a Tennessee university reported that a renewable energy focus ...

Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA ...

TMCnet
... that: "these funds * * * will improve the accessibility and accountability of the public workforce development system for individuals with disabilities. ...

Programs Generate $1 Million Into Duluth Economy

Northland's NewsCenter
By KBJR News 1 The City of Duluth Workforce Development office reports that during the period of July 2009 to July 2010, its employment programs generated ...

Johnston County workforce center celebrates five years

MyNC.com
By Traci D. Ashley, User Submitted, 23 hours, 35 minutes ago The Johnston County Workforce Development Center will celebrate its fifth anniversary with an ...

HHS Awards $159.1 Million to Support Health Care Workforce Training

FierceHealthcare
The grants will target three types of programs: Nursing Workforce Development programs; interdisciplinary geriatric education and training programs; ...

Study by National Skills Coalition, SkillWorks and the Workforce Solutions ...

MassLive.com
... Massachusetts between now and 2016, according to a recent study released by the National Skills Coalition, SkillWorks and the Workforce Solutions Group. ...

North Carolina Invests $3.5 Million For AmeriCorps Projects

Gov Monitor
The Capital Area Workforce Development Board, a $252681 grant to fund Access Job Link: Members will serve at JobLink Centers and assist individuals with ...

Teens Make The Most Of Mulch

New Haven Independent
... shoveling mulch and picking up trash—was not high on these teens' list of desirable jobs when they were assigned through Youth@Work to the Friends of ...

Program Offers Jobs To Liberty City Youth

CBS 4
Dozens of teens apply for jobs at the One Stop Career Center in Liberty City. Community leaders are hoping a solution is in sight for their neighborhoods ...

Monday, August 9, 2010

Job Front: Placer, El Dorado, Alpine small businesses get training help

Sacramento Bee
By Darrell Smith For much of its existence, the Auburn-based Golden Sierra Workforce Investment Board has focused on matching workers with those businesses, ...

Summer youth conservation crew makes the cut

The Coloradoan
Over the years the program has developed and expanded providing the region's youth with an alternative to traditional summer jobs in fast food or retail. ...

Sector initiatives help job seekers

Plattsburgh Press Republican
Sector employment initiatives have emerged as an innovative workforce development methodology to create training programs specific to individual industries; ...

St. Lucie hopes partnership leads to energy jobs — Treasure Coast News

By TC News
Gwenda Thompson, executive director of the nonprofit Workforce Solutions employment agency, on Thursday said that each partnership between the city and major companies brings hope for new jobs. “It's important for us not just to have ...

Program prepares teens for work

Arizona Daily Sun
Seven area teens participated in The First Jobs Summer Youth Employment Program which focused on building job skills through classes and workshops and ...

Teens get a boost for summer jobs

Albany Democrat Herald
She is one of more than 50 young people taking part in the county's Small Business First-Time Employment Youth Wage Grant Program. ...

Summer jobs for teens

Meriden Record-Journal
WALLINGFORD - The Summer Youth Work Program in town is a collaborative effort between the Workforce Alliance and the Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce. ...

College's green job training and education program reports success

Mount Shasta Herald
The COS program is a response to the national demand for more green job training and development. “The Labor Department is assuring Congress that everything ...

BOUQUETS and BRICKBATS: Lake County board lauded by state

News-Herald.com
BOUQUETS: To Lake County's Workforce Investment Board, on being selected by the state as the best of its kind for the program year 2009. ...

Passaic County program puts teens to work

NorthJersey.com
Paterson residents Reinaldo Algarin and Arnaldo Cotty are just 18 years old, and they got their jobs through the Passaic County Workforce Development Center ...

Triangle groups share in AmeriCorps grants

Triangle Business Journal
Capital Area Workforce Development Board, a $252681 grant to fund Access Job Link, which helps individuals with disabilities, at-risk youth, older adults ...

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Regionalism is the key

Evening News and Tribune
“We're tied at the hip in that where people live, work and play is in the Louisville area,” said Ron McKulick, executive director for Workforce Development ...

Labor Department makes $1.38 million grant to help state's ...

The grant was awarded to the state Department of Workforce Development, and will be administered by the Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc.; ...

Summer Jobs Put Youth to Work Tackling Neglected Properties

More than 90 workers, ranging in age from 18 to 24, have spent nearly a month hard at work for Metro Public Works, through the WorkNow Kentucky summer jobs ...
www.louisvilleky.gov/.../8-3-10+vacant+lots+and+public+wor...

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

How America Can Lead the Clean Energy Race

By Teryn Norris
Education and workforce development is necessary to replace the currently declining energy workforce, which could experience up to 50 percent retirement rates in the next five or ten years, and to accelerate clean energy research and ...

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Department of Labor announces $2.3 million in available funding ...

By BNO News
... a local workforce investment board or other organization with demonstrated experience in providing training and employment-related support services, such as a One-Stop Career Center; and a youth-serving organization. ...

Louisiana FastStart Named Best State Workforce Training Program In ...

Staffed with experienced industry training experts, Louisiana FastStart provides highly customized, turnkey workforce solutions for new or expanding ...

Monday, August 2, 2010

Cities see growth in small, home-based businesses

Tri Valley Herald
Baiter, executive director of the Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County, also thinks the recession is creating what he calls "more 1099 people ...

Maryland announces cyber security job training

Boston.com
Maryland is partnering with higher education, companies and the federal government to train 1000 students in cybersecurity.

Boxer Touts Job Training In Silicon Valley Visit

CBS 5
The US Senator toured the Center for Employment Training in San Jose , a non-profit that's trained more than 100000 people over the last 43 years. ...

Workforce Development announces new director

NWTNTODAY.COM
The director works with the Northwest Tennessee Workforce Development Board that oversees the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program. ...