Friday, November 5, 2010

Detroit shines in national evaluation of summer youth employment ...

By descooper
In February 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which provided $1.2 billion to support summer jobs for disadvantaged youth nationwide. Detroit received $11 million. ...

US labor agency gives Maine $500K for job training

Forbes
AP , 11.03.10, 10:52 AM EDT AUGUSTA, Maine -- The US Department of Labor is providing $500000 for job-training and placement programs in Maine. Sen. ...

Etech will receive Texas Workforce award

The Cherokeean Herald
Ronald G. Congleton, TWC's Commissioner representing labor said, “Every year, each local workforce development board identifies an outstanding employer for ...

Goodwill® Ranked Nation's Leading Workforce Development Nonprofit by ...

PR Newswire (press release)
Among those surveyed were 121 national workforce development experts, who on average had 16 years of work experience, in order to identify organizations ...

Commerce Secretary Presents Governor's Award to PLP

By Stanly Community College
“PLP is extremely grateful for being awarded the 2010 Governor's award for workforce development excellence, and is equally appreciative of both the Centralina Workforce Development Board and Stanly Community College for nominating our ...

Fall brings bright futures for local homeless youth - YouthLink

By admin
Our staff and volunteers have been hard at work helping local youth study and stay on top of schoolwork, manage living on their own and find suitable jobs and internships. We have seen many young people successfully prepare themselves for bright futures ... The cool weather has also brought an end to summer internships held by many of the youth we serve. This past summer, local youth worked at internships with our community partners including: HIRED, Tree Trust, Step-Up, ...

State lobstermen could be eligible for $12000 job training grant

Ct Post
... volume of Long Island Sound lobsters to drop, and lobstermen who meet certain criteria can receive cash grants of up to $12000 and free job training. ...

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Group invests $343000 in worker retraining

TheDay.com
The funding, announced by the Franklin-based Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board, represents an investment of nearly $1 million in the local ...

Nevada Commission on Economic Development

Nevada Business Journal
Workforce training programs tied into the state employment agency with potential employer access through the state commission on economic development.

Long-term jobless get new help to find work

Arizona Republic
Schmoke, 60, was laid off from his sales-support job at a cellular-phone company last winter. He got stimulus-funded job training through Phoenix Workforce ...