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Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board names Stefani Pashman CEO

2010-01-05T13:02:00.002-05:00

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

Business update | htrnews.com | Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

2010-01-04T07:02:00.002-05:00

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

2010-01-04T06:54:00.002-05:00

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

2010-01-04T06:52:00.002-05:00

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 ...

Youths worked summer jobs in programs

2009-12-28T07:35:00.002-05:00

Atmore Advance
... news of interest from 1975, a large number, 176 to be exact, of Escambia youths were given summer jobs as a result of the US Summer for Youth Program. ...

HHS Offers $38M in New HIT Workforce Development Grants

2009-12-28T07:34:00.000-05:00

HealthLeaders Media
"The workforce development program is expected to generate highly skilled professionals in key roles to meet 85% of the estimated need for expansion of the ...

Grants fund training for green jobs

2009-12-28T07:31:00.002-05:00

San Diego Union Tribune
The San Diego Workforce Partnership, a nonprofit that funds job-training programs, received grants totaling $2.7 million for the classes in environmental ...

Transitional jobs program announced in Dutchess

2009-12-28T07:26:00.002-05:00

Mid-Hudson News
POUGHKEEPSIE – The Dutchess County Workforce Investment Board (DCWIB) will receive over $110000 for the Transitional Employment Assistance Program (TEAP). ...

Storm Technologies Earns Excellence in Workforce Devel. Award

2009-12-28T07:24:00.002-05:00

Stanly Community College and the Centralina Workforce Development Board are proud of the nomination of Storm Technologies and congratulate this local ...

House Passes Jobs Bill Aimed at Saving and Creating Jobs for “Main Street ...

2009-12-28T07:23:00.002-05:00

BigNews.biz (press release)
Summer Youth Employment: $500 million for a summer employment program for youth. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the unemployment rate ...

County uses stimulus money on jobs, aid

2009-12-21T08:22:00.002-05:00

Kingman Daily Miner
The college and Workforce Development were able to determine which of the college's job-training programs led to the most jobs in the area and could be ...

Federal money picks up the tab for students in adult school program

2009-12-21T08:20:00.002-05:00

Redlands Daily Facts
... 34. allowed us to do more than we were already doing," said Sandy Harmsen, executive director of the San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board. ...

Westchester receives $4.5 million in stimulus funds for energy efficiency projects

2009-12-21T08:19:00.002-05:00

Mid-Hudson News
... audits as part of a “green jobs” training program developed by Westchester Community College for the Westchester/Putnam Workforce Investment Board. ...

Federal funds stimulate Valley job training

2009-12-21T08:18:00.002-05:00

Fresno Bee
The colleges supply the instructors, books and equipment, and the Workforce Investment Board of Tulare County supplies the students and the money, ...

Federal funding provided summer jobs for 4000 state youth, young adults

2009-12-21T08:09:00.000-05:00

Wisconsin State Journal
More than 4000 youth and young adults in Wisconsin were employed over the summer through $13.8 million in federal stimulus funding from the American ...

USDOL Seeking Grant Application Reviewers

2009-12-10T09:30:00.002-05:00

In June and July of 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announced six competitions that focus on preparing workers for careers in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries, health care and other high growth and emerging industries. ETA is currently seeking individuals to serve as reviewers of applications for the remaining Solicitations for Grant Applications (SGAs) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act).

Workforce Alliance receives $134790 grant to fund workforce training program

2009-12-09T07:45:00.000-05:00

News-Medical.net
... skilled employment and contributes greatly to our mission of helping to drive economic growth in our County through innovative workforce solutions. ...

Local Youth Get Inside Track on 114000 New Green Jobs

2009-12-09T07:42:00.002-05:00

YubaNet
California Green Jobs Corps, a free program for local youth age 16-24, aims to help youth pursue some of those 114000 new green careers. ...

Stimulus funds give boost to California's disabled worker program

2009-12-08T08:56:00.002-05:00

McClatchy Washington Bureau
By Darrell Smith | The Sacramento Bee Federal stimulus dollars will expand an on-the-job training program for California's disabled workers. ...

WIRED grant to provide scholarship money for Calhoun students

2009-12-08T08:05:00.002-05:00

News Courier
The WIRED initiative supports a 23-county region in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee and promotes education, workforce development and economic ...

Philips Honored for Development Work

2009-12-08T08:04:00.002-05:00

UC Daily News
State commissioners were on hand to present the award to Philips with the audience of the statewide Workforce Development Board present to hear how this ...

Los Angeles County agency uses federal stimulus money to create jobs

2009-12-07T07:56:00.002-05:00

89.3 KPCC
In Los Angeles County, the South Bay Workforce Investment Board is in charge of making that happen. For years, the Investment Board has moved people from ...

Our View: Work force training improves our employees

2009-12-07T07:55:00.002-05:00

Norwich Bulletin
The Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board has received stimulus funds and is putting the money to work by enabling employers to put people to work. ...

5 midstate companies to share $1.4M in funds

2009-12-07T07:54:00.002-05:00

Macon Telegraph
The Certified Work Ready program is a joint project between the Governor's Office of Workforce Development and the Georgia Department of Economic ...

White House sorts out economic ideas

2009-12-07T07:52:00.002-05:00

Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA
By JACK KATZANEK President Barack Obama convened a summit of economists, ... chairman of the National Association of Workforce Boards and former chairman of ...