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.
The bill would cover tuition for firefighters, paramedics and other first responders after six years of service and their dependents after 10 years
California ranked #1 for the second year in a row, followed by Connecticut and Illinois; among the lowest on the list are Nevada, Hawaii and Alaska
A workforce pilot program aims to bridge the gap between incarceration and employment through trade skills and contractor mentoring
The new law provides for two types of leave for employees impacted by COVID-19
Among households making less than $50,000 per year, the percentage is even higher.
Social service agencies say they won’t be able to fill the gap, making increased homelessness and more hospital visits among the biggest concerns.
Though often short on details, which presumably will come later, Brown outlined a variety of proposals to make Buffalo a technology-savvy, inclusive community.
Some of the money could also pay for an expansion of career counseling and skills training for people in jail or recently released from jail.
A bill working its way through the Alabama Legislature seeks to limit city governments’ use of occupational taxes to address revenue shortfalls
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?
For many counties, rising poverty rates underscore the importance of fully counting residents in next year’s census, since a count of low-income residents will help determine funding available to help them.
Facing an audience of teachers and parents, seven candidates vowed to overhaul an education system that they say helps the rich, hurts the poor and fails to pay teachers the salaries they deserve.
Atlanta’s Phoenix Academy principal Evelyn Mobley has focused not just on academics but also social services, like an onsite daycare where students can drop off their children before heading to class.
The move by the administration is the latest in its attempt to scale back the social safety net for low-income Americans. It is the first of three proposed rules targeting the Supplemental Nutrition Program to be finalized.
For the cities of San Diego and Chula Vista, Calif., the goal is to walk away from the initiative with a five-year strategic plan that will help mitigate the cost of living, improve access to childcare, address food and housing insecurity, and create a workforce pipeline for the region.
If there’s one thing city and public schools officials agree on, it’s that change that will help food insecure residents in Fort Smith will have to come from the top
