Workforce Development
Workforce Development is a key priority for local and state government agencies focused on enhancing their communities’ skills, employability, and productivity. By investing in training programs, education, and job placement services, governments can help create a robust labor force that meets the demands of evolving industries. This directory offers articles on workforce development and related topics, like economic development, which examines strategies for fostering job creation and attracting business investments to stimulate regional growth.
Longtime small businesses can apply for the $5,000 grants for marketing, business process modernization and improving technology
West Haven officials and the University of New Haven unveiled new free tuition for West Haven’s firefighters, police officers and dispatchers
Decision restores Department of Education grant funding for teacher preparation, a tool to ‘address the serious teacher shortage crisis’
Chicago Teachers Union holds off on another strike. Teachers have been working without a contract for more than a year--negotiations continue.
San Francisco may be the most bus-reliant city, but Seattle saw a major spike in bus ridership from 2010-2014, ousting Chicago for second place.
Working women are still getting just .80 cents for every $1 that men earn--but in some cities, they make just as much or more.
Reduce redundancy, ensure regulatory compliance and measure performance better with mobile data.
The Chicago Teachers Union is preparing a citywide walkout on the nation’s third-largest school district.
From home ownership assistance to richer job markets, the top 10 ranking U.S. states for transitioning veterans can be found north, south, east, and west.
A Kansas City coalition led by Mayor Sly James wants to advance family-friendly workplace policies to help drive economic development in the region.
Registered nurses, medical technicians, medical office managers, lab technicians, physical therapists and occupational therapists are just some of the positions covered in the grant, which will end in March
The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and USA Funds will award grants totaling $150,000 to recognize excellence in mayor-led programs that provide a more purposeful path for America’s students to and through college and on to rewarding careers and successful lives
Warren Easton Charter High School was awarded a grant by YouthForce NOLA for $300,000 to expand the school’s career technical education programs it offers to students
The report looks beyond typical data sources to map out barriers and opportunities facing Detroit’s complex labor market, the mix of industry sectors in the city and the types of jobs and skills the city needs to prosper
Administered by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the program will provide $3 million over 3 years to projects that support long-term economic development, create jobs, and improve quality of life.
America’s mayors are on the front lines of promoting prosperous and safe communities, with aging urban infrastructure, policing, municipal finance, and their relationships with constituents, other cities and higher levels of government as top concerns
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry was awarded $2 million from the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Dislocated Worker Grant to be used for re-employment assistance for about 1,100 workers impacted by layoffs attributed to the downturn of the coal industry in southwestern Pennsylvania
Angered by teacher sick-outs that have caused many Detroit school closures, majority Republicans in Michigan’s Legislature proposed — and promised to quickly pass — legislation to make it easier to deem such work stoppages illegal strikes
As private businesses – web developers, consulting firms and employers – get involved, the programs’ end goal will be closer in sight to improve Midtown, help high school graduates find tech-sector jobs and enable local entrepreneurs
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