State wants to expand tech school offerings

Allentown Morning Call
"It's all about work force development," said LCTI Executive Director Clyde K. Hornberger. "It's about sustainable wages." It's a plan that has been a long ...

Vocational success: Immokalee students bettering themselves with a ...

Naples Daily News
“The programs emphasize leadership, skills development and community ... Southwest Florida Workforce Development Board and Immokalee Technical Center. ...

Stimulus funds putting people to work, report shows

Tullahoma News and Guardian
The figures are based on information submitted recently to the Workforce Development Board in Nashville that provides oversight of the Workforce Development ...

$7.5 million approved for state job training

Sacramento Bee
By Mark Glover The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency's Employment Training Panel has approved nearly $7.5 million in funding for ...

Pa. faces critical skilled manufacturing worker shortage, officials say

Lancaster Newspapers
Robert Garraty, deputy secretary of the state Department of Labor & Industry; Scott Sheely, executive director of the county Workforce Investment Board; ...

Program places veterans in 'green' careers

San Bernardino Sun
Williams and seven other students completed a 40-hour class under the auspices of the San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board to learn how to ...

Grants, job training retained or saved 19296 state jobs in 2010

Memphis Business Journal
The figures are based on information submitted to the Workforce Development Board, which provides oversight of the workforce development system in Tennessee ...

Kellogg grant would help connect students to jobs

New Mexico Business Weekly
Starting next summer, local youth looking for career-track jobs, but who lack critical skills, could get a chance to earn while they learn.

HHWP Receives Grant Money

1330 WFIN
The Ohio Controlling Board gave $60000 to the HHWP Community Action Commission in order offer job training and technical assistance to area residents. ...

Young adults offer service, gain opportunity: Watsonville-based training ...

San Jose Mercury News
... and is working for the group doing clerical tasks and helping with training. "I've always been interested in doing an active job," Pratt said. ...

Scholarship winner takes up unique job-training opportunity

KTUU
They go through much of the same training as real troopers, learning law enforcement procedures like hand-to-hand combat and firearm safety. ...

Department of Labor awarded funding for on-the-job training program

Sioux Falls Argus Leader
The South Dakota Department of Labor was awarded $617040 in federal funds for an on-the-job training program. The National Emergency Grant is funded by the ...

Workforce Development Changing In Omaha

WOWT
It's called Heartland Workforce Solutions. The new non-profit organization works with a number of companies including Blue Cross Blue Shield, ...

Job skills focus of work

The Coloradoan
Our training in literacy, computers and allied health is tied to real jobs, and our growing emphasis on student internships and job-shadowing opportunities ...

Training program aims to help struggling women find paths to success

Chicago Tribune
Job retraining initiatives are trying to give them a leg up. After completing the "school at work" program offered by her employer, St. Anthony Hospital, ...

$115k state grant to provide training for workers

Visalia Times-Delta
The county's Workforce Investment Board will use a $115000 grant received this week to train manufacturing employees in the basics of programmable logic ...

Pennsylvania official stresses worker training, optimism in Pottsville visit

Republican & Herald
Deputy Secretary for Workforce Development Robert G. Garraty visited Pottsville on Thursday and spoke with The Republican-Herald inside the city's ...

Vocational Pilot Program Offered at Correctional Facility

Patch
Two inmates at the McHenry County Correctional Facility are hoping a new job training program will give them the break they need once they complete ...

Wells Fargo to announce $1 million in grants

Charlotte Observer
... neighborhood revitalization, economic development and workforce development, said Mike Rizer, Wells Fargo national director of community development. ...

Grants assist with manufacturing skills certification

Wisconsin State Journal
State grants worth $332452 have been awarded to six regional workforce development boards to train workers for Manufacturing Skill Standards Certification. ...

PA Department of Labor & Industry Announces Energy Sector Partnership ...

PR Newswire (press release)
The Department of Labor & Industry and Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board, or PA WIB, are awarding the grants to seven organizations which are

Federal stimulus funds put people to work in the Inland Empire

Fontana Herald-News
Chaffey Community College and the San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board have collaborated with Everblue Energy, Inc. to bring American Recovery ...

Tulare County awards $100000 for youths

Visalia Times-Delta
The Step Up Youth Activities grants were awarded by the Tulare County Board of Supervisors. Supervisors announced recipients of the annual grants Tuesday ...

Special-needs students receive job training

Bloomington Pantagraph
(The Pantagraph, David Proeber) NORMAL — Developmentally challenged high school students have more training and job opportunities this year thanks to a ...

County's Workforce Board to get part of $1 million grant for healthcare jobs ...

TribLocal
By Tammy Reiher, Will County Executive's office Yesterday at 3:03 pm JOLIET – The Will County Workforce Investment Board, along with nine counties and ...

JOIN gets jobs grant from US

Bizjournals.com
... the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and others, ...

Yerwood Center opens a Teen Center

Norwalk Plus Magazine
The Teen Center will serve youth ages 13-18 that live in the greater Stamford community, and will offer youth development activities such as Workforce ...

Community Foundation project gets $400000 for work force efforts

Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
One of only two Wisconsin sites of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, south Wood County will bring together more than $2 million to strengthen local ...

Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative to Receive $600000 from National ...

Citybizlist (press release)
... innovative approaches to job training and career support from the National Fund for Workforce Solutions via the federal government's Social Innovation ...

Grant means health care training opportunities

Chicago Sun-Times
The Will County Workforce Investment Board, DuPage County and eight other counties and Chicago have received a grant worth more than $1 million and possibly ...

President Obama visits North Carolina

WBTV
Selling a new economic plan brought is what brought Mr. Obama to a place specializing in workforce development. Forsyth Technical Community College prides ...

Job Training Underway for Residents in Green Impact Zone

Kansas City infoZine
Kansas City, MO - infoZine - Workforce development is an important part of both the Green Impact Zone's Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program (LIWAP) ...

Goodwill Industries Helping Youth Summer Employment - Harley ...

By QC
Goodwill Industries Helping Youth Summer Employment. One of the primary focuses for Goodwill Industries during this tough economic time is helping people find jobs and helping people with the skills that they need in order to keep jobs. ...

Ex-offenders find it tough to get work after release

Killeen Daily Herald
But Workforce Solutions of Central Texas offers a no-cost, employment program for ex-offenders, that helps boost their odds for obtaining a job and gives

Waverly group gets $242K grant to protect jobs

Chillicothe Gazette
The Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission will receive $242745 to create a Business Assistance Network in partnership with Workforce Development Area

Ohio's “Early Warning Network” Awards more Than $2.4 Million to 11 Organizations

MFRTech (press release)
Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission – $242745 to create the Business Assistance Network, in partnership with Workforce Development Area 1 and The ...

FAU Receives $5.9 Million Grant for Child Welfare Workforce Development

Newswise (press release)
Newswise — Florida Atlantic University received a five-year grant renewal of $5975000 for a Title IV-E Child Welfare Education Program from Florida's ...

Training Funds for Energy Efficiency & Green Sectors Through ...

... our members become active participants in training their workforce by leveraging nearly $400000 in America Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds, ...

Unique PA Collaborative to Receive $600000 from National Fund for Workforce ...

DigitalJournal.com (press release)
2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Fund for Workforce Solutions (PFWS) will receive $600000 over two years from the National Fund for Workforce ...

San Bernardino Workforce Investment Board Sponsors Technical Employment Training Inc.

SOURCE: San Bernardino Workforce Investment Board
Marketwire (press release)
With an investment of $190000 from the San Bernardino Workforce Investment Board, TET is not an ordinary machining school. To drive by the plain, ...

Mayor: Job center move is right

Danville News
By Francis Scarcella SUNBURY -- The Central Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board voted to establish a Sunbury location for the CareerLink Centers ...

Program helps vets find work

Wausau Daily Herald
By Nick Paulson • For the Wausau Daily Herald • November 29, 2010 Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development and a national union have created a ...

The Workplace, Trafigura work to get kids to work

Danbury News Times
That's why the Bridgeport-based Workforce Development Board for Southwestern Connecticut recently formed a "Work and Learn" program to give 100 at-risk ...

WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA Presents Awards for Excellence in Workforce Development

PRLog.Org (press release)
Five WCF Awards of Excellence were presented to the region's employers for adopting new, best practices in workforce development. ...

Goodwill to open Job Link Center

Hilton Head Island Packet
The Job Link Center will offer career coaching, job training and other employment-placement services from 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday.