Milwaukee gets health profession training grant

Bizjournals.com
The Health Profession Opportunity Grant is being awarded to the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board. Data indicates that the health sector remains one ...

Youth Corps One Year Anniversary

Santa Barbara Independent
Santa Barbara County's Youth Corps program began about one year ago in a two-year partnership between the Workforce Investment Board of Santa Barbara County ...

UW getting $150000 for health care worker research

UW Badger Herald
... will receive $1.8 million and the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, Inc. will receive the remaining $3.4 million, according to the statement. ...

Human resource specialist honored for work with teens

Ventura County Star
Carol Frash, human resource specialist for Naval Base Ventura County, recently received a 2010 Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Award for helping introduce ...

Graduate! Philadelphia gets Lumina grant to help other cities

Bizjournals.com
The program was created by the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board and the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania to help the more than 300000 people ...

Workforce Solutions honored

TCPalm
St. Lucie Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Linda Cox (left) presents the Business & Industry Award in the Non-Profit Category to Workforce Solutions. ...

Soaking up the sun

Silver City Sun News
Students who were enrolled in the first solar workshop offered by WNMU, through a federal grant from the Southwestern Area Workforce Development Board,

Berkeley YouthWorks Provides Job Opportunities to Underprivileged Youth

Daily Californian
In summer 2010 alone the program placed 314 participants, including 29 Emery Unified School District students, in public and nonprofit agencies as well as ...

Gateway gets $1.8 million for healthcare training

RacinePost
Herb Kohl, D-WI; the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, Inc. will get $3401260, and the College of Menominee Nation in Keshena $2067926. ...

State gets $11.3 million health care training grant

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In addition, the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board in Milwaukee, Gateway Technical College in Kenosha and the College of the Menominee Nation in ...

Hawaii gets Health and Human Services grant

Pacific Business News
“The plan will have three main goals,” James Hardway, executive director of the Hawaii Workforce Development Council, told PBN. “How do we recruit, ...

Raleigh honors summer workers

News & Observer
Seven teens who had summer jobs with the City of Raleigh through the Raleigh Summer Youth Employment Program were honored this month by the City Council. ...

Michigan Works! awarded state-wide recognition

Niles Daily Star
... advocate for the Workforce Development system having served nine years as Chairman and is now vice-chair of the tri-county Workforce Development Board.

Workforce board prepares for 'onslaught' as unemployment benefits disappear

Lancaster Newspapers
Sheely, executive director of the county Workforce Investment Board, knew it was time to prepare for a deluge of jobseekers. And the WIB has — by revising ...

Youth jobs program deemed success

Akron Leader Publications
By Kathleen Folkerth DOWNTOWN AKRON — Summit County officials shared the results of an ambitious summer employment program for youths with members of ...

Stimulus Funds Help Pay For Solar Workshops

KRWG 90.7
Grant funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the Southwestern Area Workforce Development Board were recently awarded to WNMU and are being ...

Teens complete summer employment at the North Shore CDC

Salem Gazette
The program resulted from a F1rstJobs grant from the North Shore Workforce Investment Board (WIB). “The students worked incredibly hard all summer,” said ...

HHS Awards $131M for Health Professions Workforce

HealthLeaders Media
Oral health workforce training. ($24.9 million) Funding will target workforce development programs for pre- and post-doctoral training for dental residents; ...

National Policy Leaders to Make Recommendations on "The Next Agenda for High ...

Marketwire (press release)
... the keynote remarks at the Jobs for America's Graduates fourth annual Thought Leader Event titled, "Setting the Next Agenda for At-Risk Minority Youth. ...

Green Jobs Training Beginning to Show Signs of Life

Eco Institution
Job training programs are here to help switch from your job to another or from being unemployed to employed. Indeed, unemployment is on the rise. ...

Green jobs can help area prosper

Plattsburgh Press Republican
Last week, the North Country Workforce Investment Board (WIB) made public its Green Collar Jobs Initiative report. The report was a partnership among the ...

More than 500 youth work this summer in federal jobs program

KFVS
They benefited from paid internships through the Workforce Investment Board of Southeast Missouri. Among the rows of antiques you'll find at Annie Laurie's ...

State grant funds job training center in Greene

Kingston Daily Freeman
Its goal is to blend the schools' with a curriculum plan that will enable aggressive workforce development. Additional goals include a state One Stop ...

State Receives $2.9 Million in Emergency Workforce Funds

WDEF News 12
The Workforce Development division of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development requested and received a National Emergency Grant (NEG) in ...

Governor Rendell: Economy Demands Continued Investments That Create Jobs ...

PR Newswire (press release)
16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell today urged federal and state legislators to quickly approve initiatives that create jobs and ...

Baucus Introduces New Tax Cut Extenders Bill

WebCPA
The funding will allow local Workforce Investment Boards to expand successful youth jobs programs that were funded in the American Recovery and Reinvestment ...

North Country health group awarded $600k

New Hampshire Business Review
The grant, from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration's Rural Health Workforce Development Program, is part of a national initiative to ...

SME Expanding Education Function with Tooling U Purchase

American Machinist
... SME president Barbara Fossum said Tooling U will be part of an SME initiative “to offer comprehensive learning and workforce development solutions to ...

Georgia Initiates Work Ready Connect

Area Development Online
Work Ready Connect, a partnership between the state's Office of Workforce Development and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, will help ensure that the state's ...

DWD hits milestone in hiring of veterans

WQOW TV News 18
"At the Department of Workforce Development, we have excellent programs for veterans, and we are committed to doing all that we can to help them succeed in ...

Ky. gets workforce development grant

Cincinnati Business Courier
The programs will be overseen by the Kentucky Department of Workforce Investment, which is part of the state's Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, ...

Summer jobs pay off

Long Beach Press-Telegram
Approximately 1000 youths picked up their Summer Youth Employment Training Program checks at Veterans Park Friday afternoon. More than 335 employers have ...

$5.4M DOL grant to assist laid-off aerospace workers in Texas

Reliable Plant Magazine
Awarded to the Texas Workforce Commission, this grant will be operated by the Gulf Coast Workforce Development Board. The grant will provide affected ...

$5.4M DOL grant to assist laid-off aerospace workers in Texas

Reliable Plant Magazine
Awarded to the Texas Workforce Commission, this grant will be operated by the Gulf Coast Workforce Development Board. The grant will provide affected ...

Grant to Help Fund Training for Agribusiness Workers

Wisconsin Ag Connection
The grant is being awarded to the Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin, the Department of Workforce Development's regional partner based ...

JVS' Summer Youth Employment Program Prepares Disadvantaged Students for Back ...

Marketwire (press release)
For the students in JVS' Summer Youth Employment program, a summer job was not just about saving up for a car or a new pair of jeans, it often meant the ...

Port San Antonio secures federal job-training funds

Bizjournals.com
The school will provide additional training in aircraft maintenance and other industries at the port. Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, worked to include the funds ...

Summer youth program ends

Tasley Eastern Shore News
Funded with federal stimulus dollars awarded through the Bay Workforce Investment Board, the Eastern Shore was the only area to receive funding in the Bay ...

US Department of Labor Launches Free Career Matching Website For Job Seekers

Examiner.com
... profession is linked to a wide range of information on that alternative profession, including salary range, required training and relevant job listings. ...

Labor secretary: Obama doing good job on economy

The Associated Press
She pointed to last year's $814 billion economic recovery act and administration proposals for job training and hiring incentives for businesses. ...

Clean Energy Jobs

Nearly $100 million in federal America Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) ... and the Clean Energy Workforce Training Program (CEWTP) is striving to make ...

Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis: Labor Day should be a day on

Shreveport Times
We have provided $500 million in green job training grants through the Recovery Act for careers in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries, ...

Microsoft giving $10M to nonprofit job training

Puget Sound Business Journal
Microsoft Corp. is launching a $10 million grant competition for nonprofit organizations that are seeking support for job training programs. ...

Seasoned worker forum scheduled

Lewiston Sun Journal
The event is sponsored by the Seasoned Workforce™ LLC, in conjunction with the Lewiston CareerCenter, the Western/Central Workforce Investment Board and ...

CWIB members go on retreat

Effingham Herald
The Coastal Workforce Investment Board (CWIB) members, including Michael King and David Atkins of Effingham County, came together at their 2010 retreat June ...

Summer work grant places Lynn student at Salem State

Salem Gazette
Thanks to a grant funded by the North Shore Workforce Investment Board and the Essex County Community Foundation, the 20-year-old North Shore Community ...

Local workforce investment board receives $645000 in training grants

Washington Observer Reporter
A workforce investment board that provides training across a broad range of industries in Washington, Greene and Beaver counties is the recipient of $645000 ...

Governor Rendell Announces $9.4 Million Investment in Industry Partnerships ...

PR Newswire (press release)
Legislation now pending in the General Assembly would permanently establish the industry partnerships as part of the commonwealth's workforce development ...

Workforce Alliance Provides Local Resources to Employers and Job Seekers

PR Newswire (press release)
2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Charlie Crist issued an official proclamation to honor workforce development organizations by declaring September as ...

DOE seeks comments on energy education and workforce development.

ThomasNet Industrial News Room
September 2, 2010 - US DOE's Technology Offices released a request for information on Energy Education and Workforce Development. ...

Center on Education and the Workforce -

The Center on the Education and the Workforce's reports on the green economy. ... Administration (DOLETA) under the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act. ...

Summer Youth Employment Program connects work-hungry young adults with jobs

New York Daily News
That's why advocates were desperate to keep the city's Summer Youth Employment Program strong this year despite large state cuts. ...

Northwest Georgia gets workforce grants

Rome News Tribune
... president for economic development at Georgia Northwestern Technical College, said the money stems from the Governor's Office of Workforce Development. ...

Seattle Launches Deconstruction Workforce Training Program

Marketwire (press release)
The Deconstruction training is part of the Workforce Development Council's GreenLight Project, which will provide clean-energy education and training ...