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.
Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Josh Hawley have introduced a bill aimed at expanding mental health support for police officers, firefighters and EMTs
Goldfeder, Bashoor, Moore-Merrell, Leeb and other leaders urge firefighters to reach out to elected officials about the importance of National Fire Academy programs
The agency is reportedly evaluating fire and EMS training programs and spending to ensure alignment with Trump administration priorities
the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) received a $1,965,730 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to help provide reemployment services to former coal industry workers who need to access jobs in emerging and growing fields
The award will fund the Pathways to Employment initiative, a new partnership with the North Central and Southern Alleghenies Workforce Development Boards and Adult Basic Education Coalitions that will focus on workers who lack basic skills in reading, math and communications that inhibit them from successfully completing occupational classroom training and sustaining employment
How can local governments compete for talent as more of their workforce retires and they need to appeal to a new generation that has many choices about where to work?
WorkForce Essentials received almost a $1 million grant to help implement a mechatronics program that trains students and soldiers about electronics and engineering systems in a modern manufacturing plant
Many city employees in New York City will earn at least $15 an hour by the end of 2018
HUD will award the Housing Authority of the City of Sacramento $2,700,000 in grant funding for the Jobs Plus Pilot program as part of a $100 million investment in locally-based programs aimed to increase earnings and advance employment outcomes for residents of public housing through work readiness programs, employer linkages, job placement, and financial literacy
New policy will provide national benchmark of six weeks at 100 percent salary for maternity, paternity, adoption, or foster care leave – or up to 12 weeks fully paid when combined with existing leave
Nebraska residents earning the minimum wage will get a raise to $9 an hour when the new year begins, and farmers, businesses and zoos will get new tax breaks
The Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet says the state has received a $4.4 million federal grant to give education and workforce training to people with disabilities
Specifically targeted to women in underserved communities, WE NYC services will connect at least 5,000 women to free, tailored business services over the next three years
Now the city has become the first in the nation to allow drivers of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize over pay and working conditions
The eight communities which will each receive $250,000 in grant funding for the implementation of new training programs to address the skills needs of the local workforce within the community or region
The city’s fire department received $2.4 million through the grant program which is provided to fire departments in need of personnel funding
The launch of the TechHire initiative includes a campaign to work with communities to get more Americans rapidly trained for well-paying technology jobs
The DOC will use the grant funds to prioritize adult offenders aged 25 and younger who are medium to high risk of reoffending
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