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 workforce pilot program aims to bridge the gap between incarceration and employment through trade skills and contractor mentoring
The facility hosts horse stables, a K-9 unit center, a driving course, a six-story rescue tower and a mock city to simulate real-world crisis scenarios for training
Community paramedicine programs across Maine were dealt a major setback after federal grants were abruptly terminated, leaving departments without crucial funding to provide proactive care
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
Volunteer opportunities between high school and college or college and a job are financially out of reach for many kids from rural areas. Meanwhile, volunteers from cities and suburbs tend to prefer urban or international postings.
Opportunity zones offer tax incentives for those who choose to invest in distressed communities, but there is little oversight of how money is spent and the effect it has on communities
Marion County’s action is part of a larger push nationwide to give 911 dispatchers the recognition and benefits they deserve.
While California was first in the nation to implement a paid family leave program, the report from the California Budget & Policy Center highlights how policymakers can update and improve the program to meet the needs of today’s families.
Between 2015 and 2018, the 38 states holding back welfare money boosted their Temporary Assistance for Needy Families reserves by 41%.
Worthington schools are dangerously overcrowded, but residents have not been able to pass a referendum to fund expansion. Many fear this opposition is related to the city’s large immigrant population.
Broad outlines include a 16% raise for teachers during the five-year contract, a new committee to investigate and enforce classroom sizes that surpass limits in the agreement and funding to add social workers and nurses to the city’s schools.
In 15 years, the number of people over age 65 will be larger than the number of children for the first time in U.S. history.
While the Trump administration claims the move is to protect cities that cannot take in refugees, critics point to a larger agenda of limiting immigration.
Haynesville Correctional Center’s solar farm is expected to save the facility about $120,000 annually and is VADOC’s second award-winning solar project.
Neither harrowing conditions in his home country nor eyesight limitations have kept this young man from pursuing his dreams of a career in public service and law enforcement
The latest research has shown that local governments may be ignoring the threats of human trafficking businesses that are right in front of them.
In emergency communications, leaders must know the way, go the way and show the way to build effective teams.
Like many local governments nationwide pushing to lift the minimum wage in the absence of a national increase, Dallas County, Texas, approves $15 per hour for its county workforce.
