State Economic Development Director Announces Funds for Rockford Area ...

WIFR
Ribley also highlighted the partnership of five area hospitals or health systems with the Boone and Winnebago Counties Workforce Investment Board (BWCWIB), ...

Lambert receives Governor's Aaward

Caswell Messenger
GREENSBORO - Charles Lambert of Milton has received Governor's Award for Excellence in Workforce Development, Outstanding Youth Participant. ...

People taking priority over paperwork for job training

Rockford Register Star
By Sean F. Driscoll ROCKFORD — Even during the worst periods of unemployment in the Rock River Valley, participants in a federally funded job training ...

Delco's Workforce Investment Board: Taking care of business

Delaware County Daily Times
By KATHLEEN E. CAREY For the past nine years, the Delaware County Workforce Investment Board and its Youth Council has found a group of exemplary youth and ...

$9.1 million grant to boost nursing force

Danville News
A spokeswoman for Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development said her organization and the CSIU will meet soon to discuss how the grant money can be used to ...

Woman honored for clearing hurdles to work

Livingston Daily
This month, she received an Outstanding Workforce Development award from the Livingston County Workforce Development Council at ceremonies held at Cleary ...

NACo affiliates weigh in on key workforce and economic development ...

National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) Terri Bergman • bergman@nawb.org . In September, the national unemployment rate was 9.6 percent, ...

Ministers to launch worker training program

DesMoinesRegister.com
The group is collaborating with organizations including Des Moines Area Community College, the Greater Des Moines Partnership and Iowa Workforce Development ...

The WorkPlace, Inc. Celebrates Graduates of the Green-Up Bridgeport Job ...

PoliticalNews.me (press release)
In March of this year, US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis visited The WorkPlace, Inc. to kick-off the job-training program. Since that time, The WorkPlace, ...

Massachusetts Workforce Professionals Association

The nonprofit Massachusetts Workforce Professionals Association has launched a new website designed to provide better access to workforce development programs. The site is designed primarily for local workforce directors and makes it easier for them to stay current with workforce development events across the state and keep up with recent research.
MWPA members manage workforce development programming, including federal Department of Labor and other federal and state job training programs.
In addition to a new calendar and newly published research, the site also includes a directory of MWPA partner organizations.

New skills program to help at-risk youth

Stamford Times
... southwestern Connecticut's regional workforce development board, have teamed up to fund the project for the first three years at 83 Lockwood Ave. ...

Pryor, Lincoln, Berry, Snyder, Ross Announce $62K for Job Training, Education ...

PoliticalNews.me (press release)
Arkansas Rehabilitation Services provides education, job training and placement opportunities to disabled individuals living in Arkansas. In the last year, ...

Gov. Nixon praises job training effort at Crowder College

Joplin Globe
Jay Nixon stopped at Crowder College today to assess the progress of a $12 million statewide initiative to provide job training to unemployed and ...

O'boro receives federal grant to put people to work

14WFIE.com
The Green River Workforce Investment Board received nearly $200000 to provide 30, twelve-week internships to low income families and displaced workers. ...

Marion Harding grad gets new TV show after losing job last year

Marion Star
BY JOHN JARVIS • The Marion Star • October 19, 2010 MARION -- When Dan Davis was informed his job was being eliminated, "I was in shock and disappointed, ...

High marks for community colleges

San Bernardino Sun
The California community college system is the largest provider in the state for job training and post secondary education. There are 112 community colleges ...

Computer training could help land job

SunHerald.com
... a job. TeachUp!, a program by Digital Opportunity Trust USA, partnered with the Hope Community Development Agency to open the computer training center

Training at Bellingham's Appliance Depot gives hope to determined job-seeker

Bellingham Herald
Jager: Our mission is to provide jobs and job training for low-income people using waste materials in a local green business. ...

Workforce Development Association Launches New Website

Worcester Business Journal
The site is designed primarily for local workforce directors and makes it easier for them to stay current with workforce development events across the state ...

Feds give Union City agency $5 million to provide mental health and other ...

The Jersey Journal - NJ.com
The organization plans to help about 13000 people over the next four years, providing substance abuse counseling, treatment for depression, and job training ...

From Welfare to Work: For many Mainers, there's no free lunch

Press Herald
Some Maine cities, including Portland, have turned General Assistance into a work-training program. Workfare provides on-the-job experience as recipients ...

Free course available to certify workers

Utica Observer Dispatch
The Workforce Investment Board of Oneida, Herkimer and Madison Counties received $200000 from the federal Environmental Protection Agency, which will fund ...

Florida's lowest wage steady

The News-Press
Jim Wall, director of business development for the Workforce Development Board of Southwest Florida, said wages have been resilient even as unemployment has ...

Delawarew wins funds to help youth with disabilities find and keep jobs

Milford Beacon
With a presence in both schools and youth-detention centers, TARGET will focus on 14 to 24 year olds. TARGET will use training as well as self-employment ...

South Florida counties get $4.5 million for planning

Palm Beach Post
The partnership intends to use the money to create a plan that would improve regional housing, land use, economic and workforce development and ...

CareerLink finds success in Beaver Valley Mall

Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Ms. Stoner said CareerLink administrators - with the support of their parent agency, the Workforce Investment Board of Southwestern PA - were able to design ...

Kent Trumbull Workforce Center Lands Grant

Youngstown Business Journal
CHAMPION TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- The Workforce Development and Continuing Studies Center at Kent State University Trumbull Campus has been awarded a $212250 ...

Is higher education leading to higher employment?

Baltimore Sun
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the youth unemployment rate reached 19.1 percent in July, and the United States is experiencing some of the ...

Green job training expo on Thursday

Sun-Sentinel
Broward County Minority Builders Coalition received a $1.3 million grant to do green job training and is doing that on a project-by-project basis. ...

Governor's Small Business Forum Series Launches in Midland 10/12/10

KOSA
The Governor's Small Business Forums are designed to educate the Texas entrepreneur and small business community on workforce development, ...

The Next Health Care Workforce in California

Fox and Hounds Daily (blog)
By Michael Bernick This past week, the California Workforce Investment Board along with the state Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development formed ...

Harvard praises 2 county job programs

Pittsburgh Post Gazette
"We have teams in place that assist with education, job training and housing after release from the jail," Warden Ramon Rustin said.

Students get on-the-job training

Savannah Morning News
The program provides the opportunity for students with disabilities to get on-the-job training at local businesses. "It has provided a unique opportunity ...

Santa Barbara County Youth Corps Marks One-Year Anniversary

Santa Barbara Independent
“They are taking control of their lives with positive choices by participating in community service work, education, jobs training, personal accountability ...

Suffolk Gets $1.1 Mil For Job Training

Patch
... that Suffolk County Department of Labor, based in Hauppauge, received a $1.1 million federal grant to implement job training for low-income residents. ...

College receives federal grant

Coos Bay World
... least one regional workforce investment board, long-term care facilities, the Oregon Health Care Association, hospitals and an online training company.

Partnership Addressing Health Care Worker Shortage

KSJB
... the ND Workforce Development Council; the ND Department of Commerce; Dakota Medical Foundation; and the ND Area Health Education Center. ...

Kansas Ranks No. 3 For Workforce Development Programs

WIBW
3-ranked workforce development programs in the nation, according to an Area Development magazine survey of site location consultants. ...

Center receives $1.3 million Gates Foundation grant for energy job training

PennEnergy- Energy News (press release)
WASHINGTON. October 8, 2010. The Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) has received a $1.37-million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates ...

Two AT&T grants help fund area educational programs

Gary Post Tribune
Fleetwood also issued a check for $25000 to Workforce Development Services' use of the national Jobs for America's Graduates program, or JAG, ...

Governor Praises Maine Chamber of Commerce Workforce Initiative

Media Newswire (press release)
... Maine businesses and higher education institutions for the unveiling of a new workforce development tool sponsored by the Maine Chamber of Commerce. ...

State Funds Available for Employer-based Training and Certifications

Bay Net
The Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Division of Workforce Development is offering a program to support existing Maryland businesses in the ...

Symposiums encouraged employers hire people with disabilities

Victoria Advocate
Billy Blanchard, the disability navigator for Workforce Solutions Golden Crescent, and Megan Tuttle, president of the disability coalition, talked about ...

Obama taps Gap, PG&E for jobs program

San Francisco Business Times (blog)
Gap is piloting its "Gap for Community Colleges" job training program in seven cities: Las Vegas, Denver, Houston, Atlanta, Detroit, Philadelphia and ...

Job Corps nurses complete training program

Evening Observer
Class valedictorian Rebecca Guerrero, who said she came across the country from Illinois to attend Cassadaga Job Corps' nurse's training program, ...

Federal funding awarded for health care job training

WCAX
... organizations in New York state are getting a total of $6 million in federal grants to provide low-income people with training for health care jobs. ...

Students complete summer work and learning workshop at Ocean Explorium

Fall River Herald News
... New Directions and the Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board as part of a city-wide program to assist recent graduates and returning seniors. ...

Putting Wisconsin Back to Work | Facebook

... select Job Centers across the state. for more information on times and locations, visit www.wwda.org and contact your local workforce development board . ...

Summer initiative puts teens to work

Akron Beacon Journal (blog)
By Rick Armon Then he enrolled in Summit County's summer youth employment program, which places poor teens and young adults in jobs and provides them with ...

White House Plans Job Training Partnership

New York Times
“The goal is to encourage community colleges and other training providers to work in close partnership with employers, to design a curriculum where they ...

Whittier youth employment program draws to a close

Whittier Daily News
The job is a good match for her, she added. "I love to read." Through the SASSFA Summer Youth Employment Program, young people ages 14 to 24 are matched ...

State Gets New Federal Job Training Grant

89.7 WUWM - Milwaukee Public Radio
By Bob Bach The state has received $11 million in federal money to help train workers for entry level jobs in the health care industry. ...

Arizona Workforce Connection to receive funds from state job-training fund

Examiner.com
A state job-training fund suspended by the Legislature in January 2009 has been relaunched, bringing back a key tool used by businesses to provide training, ...

Forum on Credentialing

The increasingly dynamic world economy demands that U.S. workers have the skills and education needed to compete. On Tuesday, approximately 40 participants from community and technical colleges, the public workforce system, adult education system, labor, industry, policy research organizations and government came together at DOL to identify strategies for increasing the number of adults who attain industry-recognized or postsecondary credentials. Credentials result in increased earnings, employment and career advancement. They are an important part of meeting President Obama's goal of developing the best educated, most competitive workforce in the world.

Solis Joins White House Summit on Community Colleges

Community colleges are increasingly the educators of choice for both new students and workers seeking to upgrade their skills. On Oct. 5, Dr. Jill Biden hosts the first-ever White House Summit on Community Colleges. This is an opportunity to bring together community colleges, businesses, philanthropists, federal and state policy leaders, and students. The summit will focus on how community colleges can help meet the job training and education needs of the nation's evolving workforce, as well as the critical role these institutions play in achieving the president's goal to lead the world with the highest proportion of college graduates by 2020. Secretary Solis will moderate a panel discussion on creating industry partnerships with community colleges.

US LABOR DEPARTMENT AWARDS MORE THAN $21 MILLION IN DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT ...

The Cypress Times
"Through this new grant, individuals with disabilities will be able to utilize the necessary tools to obtain permanent and secure jobs. ...

State releases youth jobs report at Weymouth High School

The Patriot Ledger
By Christian Schiavone At first, Jessica O'Donnell wasn't thrilled about the prospect of spending a chunk of her summer vacation pulling weeds and keeping ...

Solar Manufactuer receives state job training grant

Toledo On The Move
by Brian Schwartz TOLEDO, OH -- A Perrysburg solar component manufacturer is one of the first recipients of a new Ohio grant program aimed at training ...