NAWB Industry News

US Rep. Hinojosa: More money needed for adult education

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:59:00 +0000

Monitor
If Congress approves Hinojosa's bill, Workforce Solutions in the Rio Grande Valley expects to play a central role in implementing the congressman's initiatives. “There isn't enough attention given to the adult education system,” said Bonnie Gonzalez, ...

Chris Hart IV: Florida a top performer in workforce training

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:30:00 +0000

Gainesville Sun
Chris Hart IV is President and CEO of Workforce Florida Inc., the statewide workforce investment board led by business and government leaders and charged with policy and oversight for Florida's workforce system.

Senator Kay Hagan introduces AMERICA Works Act

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:29:00 +0000

Asheville Citizen-Times
This no-cost legislation, which is supported by the National Association of Manufacturers, incentivizes existing federal job training programs to implement the new, industry-recognized credential system. These existing programs are included under the ...

Prudential awards $3.4 million in grants for economic, education and youth ...

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:08:00 +0000

MarketWatch (press release)
To support national economic development activities, the board approved $750000 over three years to Jobs for the Future for the National Fund for Workforce Solutions initiative, a collaborative of national and local funders. The organization invests in ...

W.Va. to receive $160000 for job training programs

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:05:00 +0000

Greenfield Daily Reporter
Unemployed West Virginians will have access to additional job training programs under a federal grant. US Sen. Jay Rockefeller says the US Labor Department has allocated $160000 to existing career centers in the state. Rockefeller says the grant is ...

6/22 Business briefs: State earns kudos for training

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:04:00 +0000

Bradenton Herald
As the statewide workforce investment board for Florida, Workforce Florida works on getting unemployed Floridians back to work and fostering economic growth through talent development. The state has 24 regional workforce boards that direct nearly 100 ...

White House Council calls for training to fill 2M jobs, cut red tape

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:48:00 +0000

WRAL.com
... jobs in the US, in part because employers can't find workers with the advanced manufacturing skills they need. The private sector must quickly form partnerships with community colleges, vocational schools and others to match career training with ...

Riverside County gets state funds for veterans' job training

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:17:00 +0000

The Desert Sun
Riverside County's Economic Development Agency will be getting a $465000 slice of almost $6 million in new state funds to help veterans from the Middle East wars transition into the civilian job market. The county EDA is one of 13 agencies splitting a ...

Jeanne Shaheen - United States Senator for New Hampshire

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:16:00 +0000

The Shaheen-Cochran measure is also supported by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB), CLASP, National Skills ...

Hype Aside, 'Green Jobs' Are for Real—And Growing

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:55:00 +0000

CNBC.com
More than $500 million of stimulus money for education is targeted for green job training. In response, community colleges, vocational schools, universities, labor unions and nonprofits are gearing up to meet the challenge of training students for ...

Labor Department grants to provide vets' job training

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:54:00 +0000

Capital Flyer
by Donna Miles, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON -- As part of an interagency effort to support America's veterans, the Labor Department announced $37 million in grants to provide job training for about 21000 veterans, many of them homeless or ...

NoVa job training program a roaring success

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:44:00 +0000

Washington Post (blog)
By Tom Jackman Recent graduates of Training Futures, a job training program that has a great record of placing participants in higher paying jobs and giving them college credit. (Graham Marsden - Northern Virginia Family Services) Out of an office in ...

Indiana receives $500000 federal grant to help veterans find "green" jobs

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:54:00 +0000

Greenfield Daily Reporter
AP The $500000 grant to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development was one of 22 grants totaling $9 million around the nation announced this past week by the US Department of Labor. The Labor Department says the grants are part of the Veterans

Job seekers find area fairs serious work

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:52:00 +0000

San Bernardino Sun
Last year, the San Bernardino Workforce Investment Board hosted 10 job fairs and 41 recruitments, which attracted 25000 job seekers. Employers who had the most success with job fairs worked closely with our Business Services Team prior to the event.

SCHUMER ANNOUNCES OVER 100K FOR UNITED VETERANS BEACON HOUSE OF LONG ISLAND ...

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:32:00 +0000

RealEstateRama (press release)
The center, which provides transitional housing and job training to homeless veterans in Suffolk and Nassau County, will use the money to fund outreach efforts to homeless veterans at other shelters in Long Island, as well as efforts to connect these ...

Veterans program wins federal funds

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:32:00 +0000

TheReporter.com
By Reporter Staff Swords to Plowshares in Solano and Contra Costa counties will receive $700000 in federal funding to continue its innovative job training programs for veterans in the Bay Area. The funding is part of $28 million in grants awarded ...

Kaiser lauds first class of graduates from its Pathways to LVN Program

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:31:00 +0000

Fontana Herald-News
In January of last year, the Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center partnered with the San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board and Chaffey Community College to start the first Pathways to LVN Program in San Bernardino County. ...

UH Maui To Get $4.3 Million

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:30:00 +0000

Honolulu Civil Beat
The University of Hawaii's Maui College will receive $4.3 million to help continue job training and workforce development, thanks to a federal earmark requested by Sen. Daniel K. Inouye. UH-Maui College provides a variety of job training and ...

These Fort Worth high school graduates are ready for the workforce

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Tue, 31 May 2011 11:23:00 +0000

Fort Worth Star Telegram
For young people starting out in a job, it can be tough at first to make the transition from student to employee, said Jide Obasa, Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County's youth services manager. The youth work centers provide job leads and referrals ...

MIssouri Career Center Deploys Mobile Unit

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:44:00 +0000

News-Leader.com
11:00 pm Archie's, 1817 E. Grand St., 864-4109: Blues Down Under Concert Series Girls with Guitars, 9 pm- 11:00 pm The Missouri Career Center's Mobile Unit was deployed to Joplin, Wednesday to assist the Workforce Investment Board of Southwest ...

Sonoma County BEST program to get $300000 from county

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:06:00 +0000

North Bay Business Journal
“What I think BEST will complement efforts between the Economic Development Board and the Workforce Investment Board — getting individual back into jobs created by the BEST program,” Supervisor McGuire said. Supervisor Valerie Brown voted against the ...

Maryland looks to reintroduce apprenticeships

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Mon, 23 May 2011 12:40:00 +0000

Baltimore Sun
Such on-the-job training was once the dominant method of producing skilled workers — from artisans to attorneys to physicians. But its role in the United States shrank as industrialization revolutionized work and the importance of universities grew. ...

WCCC grads ready to drill

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Mon, 23 May 2011 12:38:00 +0000

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Twelve active National Guardsmen completed the three-week program Friday in which they received training in the burgeoning Marcellus shale drilling industry. WCCC is a hub for Marcellus ShaleNET, a $4.9 million community-based, job training grant from ...

Barre, Burlington Youth Build programs to receive $1M for youth job training

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Mon, 23 May 2011 12:37:00 +0000

vtdigger.org
The grant is part of nearly $76 million in funding for YouthBuild programs that provide training to young people throughout the nation. The over $1 million in funding to Vermont will go to ReSOURCE, a non-profit located in Burlington, to implement a ...

Workforce agency launches reorganization amid budget cuts

noreply@blogger.com (Kerry WMA) — Mon, 23 May 2011 12:36:00 +0000

Ocala
Part of the restructuring calls for Workforce to take over management of the One-Stop system, which until now has been contracted to the Withlacoochee Workforce Development Authority. Skinner said he hopes to hire front-line employees who work with the ...