National League of Cities

Non-profit association of cities and state municipals leagues. ... Association of State Workforce Boards and National Association of Workforce Boards ...

Several hundred benefited from teen jobs here

Enterprise-Record
More than 300 individuals from 16 to 24 found summer jobs, according to youth case work manager Bob Lackey, who was one of about five adults involved in ...

Pennsylvania Earns National Recognition for Excellence in ...

SYS-CON Media (press release)
"Under Secretary Vito's leadership we have transformed Pennsylvania's workforce development system," Governor Rendell said. "We continue to work hard to do ...

The Best States For Business

Forbes
Louisiana launched a workforce development reform plan last year that borrows heavily from labor programs in Texas and Georgia, both among our top 10. ...

North Dakota launches new youth office

In-Forum
Jack Dalrymple, will focus on identifying challenges facing North Dakota youth relating to jobs, healthcare, recreation, education or other major issues. ...

Health sector a good bet for jobs as training funds multiply

Cherrie Lenz of West Palm Beach, Fla., was a medical massage therapist for 25 years, but says she lost her job when Medicare rules changed. She would like to stay in health care, but is not in a financial position to return to school. Could stimulus funds earmarked for job training help her? Without income and the inability to go back to her occupation, she would qualify for free training through the federal stimulus and other programs.

As School Year Begins, Teens Celebrate Work Helping Seniors

Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) provides New York City youth between the ages of 14 and 24 with summer employment and educational opportunities. ...

Investment in workers builds better future

Norwich Bulletin
With the support of federal stimulus dollars, Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board and EASTCONN, the Summer Youth Employment Program helps us ...

Youth work experiences wrapping up for the summer | KXNet.com ...

KXMC
AP PIERRE, SD (AP) South Dakota Labor Secretary Pam Roberts says her agency's summer youth work experience program, which ends on Sept. ...

SNCAT Corner: Student is face of federal stimulus package

Reno Gazette-Journal
As his time with the Summer Youth Employment Program draws to a close, Richardson plans on continuing to work with SNCAT as a volunteer. ...

State Announces Job Training Grants

The Gouverneur Times
The $11 million National Emergency Grant (NEG), awarded by the US Department of Labor, covers the tuition costs of job-training courses available at ...

WLS Learning Ambassador Program

Westchester.com
Tarrytown, NY - Teens often do not have high expectations for summer employment. A job offers something to do, a few new skills, and maybe a bit of spending ...

$17M stimulus money helped thousands have youth summer jobs

Chicago Defender
by Kathy Chaney More than 19000 youths worked this summer, thanks to the City of Chicago's summer job program for youths, Youth Ready Chicago, ...

Job training program a victory for students at Hialeah High School

MiamiHerald.com
Project Victory, an employability skills training program for students with developmental disabilities, comes to Hialeah High. ...

Green job apprenticeships help low-income workers

SDNN
By Helen Kaiao Chang, SDNN Green job training programs can help strengthen the construction industry, stabilize the economy and uplift low-income workers, ...

Stimulus package provided opportunity

Natchez Democrat
During the months of June and July, I was afforded the opportunity to be employed with the City of Natchez by way of the stimulus package's Summer Youth ...

Extra: Stimulus money flows into Minnesota

KARE
Saint Paul is also spending $100000 in Recovery Act money on the Youth Job Corps program, which puts teens to work around the city during the summertime and ...

Stimulus money affects Cerritos campus

Talon Marks (subscription)
... a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, more than $265000 were awarded to the Southeast Los Angeles County Workforce investment board. ...

Riverside Supervisors approve over $1 million for worker retraining

Valley News
Graceland personnel will also coach county Workforce Development Center staff on how to conduct future boot camps. The contract lasts 90 days. ...

Workforce Collaborative Awards $97000 to Train Residential Energy ...

Martinsville Daily
The DRR Collaborative is a new regional funding entity that is supported by the National Fund for Workforce Solutions. The National Fund was created to ...

BRAC: Job training key to success

FayObserver.com
By Sarah A. Reid At a recent job fair in Charlotte, medical professionals were shocked to learn that they could work at Womack Army Medical Center without ...

Boots on the Roof Offers Green Job Training

Triple Pundit
California recently announced $75 M in training for green job programs. Community Colleges in Oregon found that green job training was one of the fastest ...

Stevens awarded 6th Workforce Development grant of $563600 by NJ ...

EurekAlert (press release)
HOBOKEN, NJ — Stevens Institute of Technology has again been awarded a $563600 High-Growth Workforce Development training grant from the New Jersey ...

Greening Orange County

Emediawire (press release)
Recognizing this the huge potential of green jobs to transform local economies, the Orange County Workforce Investment Board (OCWIB) partnered with Clean ...

Governor lauds new workforce center in Roanoke

Roanoke Times
... federally funded workforce programs cluster in a “one-stop” setting, said Doloris Vest, president of the Western Virginia Workforce Development Board. ...

Recovery Act Funds Providing Additional Job Placement and Job ...

Region 2 – The Workforce Development Board of Okaloosa and Walton ... Region 4 – Gulf Coast Workforce Development BoardBay Franklin Gulf ...

Old windows get new life in job training program

Annapolis Capital
Many were broken, rotted and dirty until recently when a city-sponsored job training program gave the old windows a new lease on life. ...

Guest commentary: 'Out of the ordinary' summer job at Cambridge Police

Cambridge Chronicle
This year was the first for CYPA, the Cambridge Youth Police Academy, which is now one of the job opportunities offered through MSYEP, the Mayor's Summer ...

Stimulus money brings 'green' job training to Jacksonville

Florida Times-Union
Tony Hill, D-Jacksonville, talks Tuesday about Solar Engergy Initiatives Inc. and its partnership with job training and placement agencies to train workers ...

Job seekers can get WIRED into tech careers

Northern Colorado Business Report
Metro Denver WIRED -- Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development -- has provided funding for several workforce development programs in Northern ...

Young workers given a chance

San Antonio Express
Even before the $5 million employment program administered by Workforce Solutions Alamo runs its course through Sept. 30, reports are piling up of employers ...

Career technical academy is still priority for school leaders

Lexington Dispatch - Lexington,NC,USA
Ross and Sink will travel to Yadkinville on Wednesday to talk with members of the Northwest Piedmont Workforce Development Board to introduce them to the ...

Program to steer San Mateo County youth into 'green' jobs

San Mateo County Times
"We are building a brand-new program to serve 150 youth throughout the county," said Fred Slone, county work force development manager. ...

JOBS: State conservation corps benefits parks, kids

Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
Earlier this year, Paterson announced that 50000 youth jobs had been created through a combination of stimulus funding and existing resources. ...

Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. Partners with Jacksonville Job ...

Reuters
Joining Solar Energy in this job training collaborative is Community Rehabilitation Center (CRC), Northeast Community Action Agency (NFCAA) and WorkSource. ...

Workforce Investment Board helps people find work San Bernardino ...

That's where she found the San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board a publicprivate board that uses federal funding to help San Bernardino County ...

Youth group ends summer on high note

Garner Citizen
By Patricia Lait As fall classes begin for students, many are left with fond memories of summer break: working part-time jobs, hanging out with friends, ...

With summer over, 3400 East Bay youths employed by a jobs program ...

Contra Costa Times
"Youth were literally helping their parents this summer with groceries," said Rosario Flores, of Alameda County's Workforce Investment Board. ...

Local Youths Earn Experience, Paychecks

The Ledger
"It made me realize that you can't take a job for granted … It made me work harder." The Summer Youth Employment Program was implemented in communities ...

Job training prepares students for the future

The Commercial Dispatch
The student employees are treated like regular, full-time employees and, additionally, will receive training in effective interviewing techniques and ...

Central Wisconsin puts focus on 'green' energy

Wisconsin Rapids Tribune - Wisconsin Rapids,Wisconsin,USA
Mid-State also is working with leaders at Energy Composites Corp. in Wisconsin Rapids and the North Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board to develop ...

Summer Jobs Aid For Teens Still A 'Win'

TheDay
By Anthony Cronin John Beauregard sums up the success of the Eastern Connecticut Summer Youth Employment Program quite simply: It's a “win, win, win. ...

Governor Rendell: Funding for Economic Development Investments ...

Reuters
... Opportunity Grant Program - $400000; -- Customized Job Training Funds - $100000; -- Job Creation Tax Credits - $786000; -- RACP - $3 million. ...

Work gives lives direction after prison

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
He and four other men are in the beginning of a paid 12-week job training program at Eaton's Asphalt Service Inc., the program's first business partner. ...

Work & Learn

Dalles Chronicle
Through a federal stimulus grant, the program was able to offer job training to people who otherwise might not have had an inside look at how industry works ...

Program sponsors training for 30 nurses

Hometown News
The money came from Workforce Solutions, a private nonprofit that aids jobseekers and businesses. It is part of a $340430 grant the group secured from ...

Stimulus money used to clean up park

abc7news.com
The lot will become a park and youth center, creating construction jobs and even more employment down the line. "Once the center is up and running, ...

State Commerce Director congratulates area youth workers, local labor

MyWebTimes.com
Speaking before a gathering of local dignitaries and union officials, Ribley said, "The objective of the Summer Youth Program was to provide young people ...

Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on August ...

Reuters
And at the Department of Labor, we exceeded our goal and placed more than 225000 young men and women in summer youth jobs. "The recession has done more ...

American Youthworks wins training grant for green jobs

Austin American-Statesman
American Youthworks, an Austin-based job-training organization, won a $750000 grant from the US Department of Commerce. The grant will allow the nonprofit ...

Education, training opportunities expected to abound at center

Gothenburg Times
Wolf said the county has a high percentage of manufacturing jobs with similar and different needs—the latter which involves on-the-job training at the ...

Stimulus funds employ 913 youth in Hampton Roads

Suffolk News-Herald
Opportunity Inc. is the staff organization for the Hampton Roads Workforce Development Board, serving eight localities in South and Western Hampton Roads. ...

WORK ONE: Workforce Acceleration Grants can boost education

Muncie Star Press
By TRACY DISHMAN • September 4, 2009 The Indiana Department of Workforce Development and Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced a new program to ...

Summer job program helps Idaho in recession

Idaho Press-Tribune
Beginning in June, government agencies and nonprofit organizations provided jobs for the department's Summer Youth Employment Program at 130 sites across ...

Justice Department Announces $129 Million in Awards to Support ...

Reuters
... to help prevent at-risk youth from becoming involved in delinquency. The grants will also preserve and create jobs throughout the United States. ...

Other Voices: Stimulus dollars provide training, jobs for young adults

The Union of Grass Valley
At a time when local government, schools and nonprofits are faced with multiple demands, the Summer Youth Employment Program has provided welcomed ...

More than just a summer job

Reno Gazette Journal
... for about 40 Dayton area teens who recently completed the Comstock Youth Works summer job skills training, service learning, and internship program. ...

Workforce development program leaders celebrate first participants

Marion Daily Republican
... the first group of students to finish workforce development traning through the federal Workforce Investment Act portion of the federal stimulus plan. ...

Summer program integrated academics and work

TheRecordLive.com
Thirty-five West Orange – Cove 21st Century Community Learning Center students attended the Workforce Solutions Southeast Texas and Powerzone Summer ...

Gov. unveils new green job training program

Los Angeles Times
The state received $20 million for the job-training effort from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The rest will come from the California Energy ...

Dept. of Commerce: Gov. Doyle announces grants to aid statewide ...

Wisbusiness.com
The project matches the skills of youth graduating from regional educational institutions with the needs of local employers. Over the past year, ...

Schwarzenegger launches nation's largest state-sponsored green-job program

Schwarzenegger launches nation's largest state-sponsored green-job ...
Bizjournals.com
... low-wage workers and youth preparing to enter the workforce. "By developing a highly trained workforce, ready and capable to perform clean energy jobs, ...

Hitting Home: Summer Employment

Vermont Public Radio
... have had summer jobs in the past ... were able to get work this year. (Greenwood) "And our criteria for our stimulus money was that we work with youth ...

US Wired for Education And SkillSoft Combine Forces To Help Re ...

Reuters
... efficient environment for individuals seeking training. One Stop Centers are located across the country and provide valuable tools to help job seekers, ...