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.
A grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is a vital funding source for the San Diego Housing Commission’s Achievement Academy, a center that provides career planning, job skills, job placement and personal financial education.
Gabby Alcantara-Anderson is one of about 25,600 unionized Disney workers making less than $15 an hour. And life in the world’s vacation kingdom is a calculus of choices: rent, food, medicine, a birthday gift for her child.
Mishawaka may open a clinic for public employees that could save the city $1M annually. How can health clinics increase savings for your city?
Six states will receive grants totaling $14,911,243 from the Department of Labor to improve employment opportunities for adults and youth with disabilities
The grant will accelerate development of training programs for high demand healthcare occupations.
Governor McAuliffe announced Virginia has been awarded $6.9 million in American Apprenticeship Grants to expand apprenticeships in high-growth industries
Awarded by the United States Department of Labor, the grant program will provide career development services at several Marion County Jail facilities.
The fund provides the support needed to enhance federally funded job and training programs and study these programs to identify and share best practices
The funds will develop innovative job-training programs focused on regional and industry-specific collaborations
The EPA awarded a $192,000 grant for a program that will offer free training for 70 local residents in careers that reduce environmental contamination
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