Downtown get new look while job seekers get experience

Laurinburg Exchange - Laurinburg,NC,USA
"As case managers, we go out to the job sites and see if the workers are okay and are doing their jobs," Britt said. "The Summer Youth Employment Program is ...

Workforce groups promote training for fast-growing middle-skill jobs

Central Penn Business Journal - Harrisburg,PA,USA
By Paula Holzman Scott Sheely has a message for job seekers and job-training programs alike: Don't forget the middle. It is largely the so-called ...

Nonprofit gets grants to help at-risk veterans

Long Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach,CA,USA
About 15000 veterans will receive job training. The funds are being distributed nationwide through 50 new grants and 48 continuing grants receiving second- ...

Goodwill Industries to provide veteran job training

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Veterans will receive skills assessments; individual job counseling; labor-market information; classroom or on-the-job training; skills upgrading and ...

Stimulus money helping teens, young adults gain work experience

South Carolina Now - South Carolina,USA
... Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion and Marlboro counties. The council works under the guidance of the Pee Dee Workforce Investment Board.

US Department of Labor announces $11.6 million grant to Iowa for ...

7thSpace Interactive (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Today's supplemental grant will be awarded to the Iowa Workforce Development and will create more temporary jobs to continue the clean-up and recovery ...

$2.3 Million Grant to Assist General Motors, Other Auto-Related ...

By Office Of The Governor
Services are being coordinated by the Department of Workforce Development and provided through the Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board. NEG funding is being coordinated with resources available through the Trade Adjustment ...

Federal grant helps local business increase sales by $2 million

Boone Mountain Times - NC, USA
Two years ago, Steve Forrest worked with Ruby Greene of the High Country Workforce Development Board to prepare a proposal for an incumbent worker grant. ...

Students begin Engineering Innovation program

Frederick News Post (subscription) - Frederick,MD,USA
The program, coordinated by the Workforce Development Board of Frederick County and Johns Hopkins University, was formed early this year to support the ...

Statement of US Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis On June 2009 ...

PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
We have distributed $50 million for Youth Build programs to expand services to at-risk youth and our Summer Youth Employment program will help employ more ...