The Omaha Workforce Funding Collaborative hosted the seven Midwest National Fund collaboratives as well as other workforce development organizations at a very productive regional meeting on April 12-13, 2012.
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2012-04-12
Congratulations to the Milwaukee Area Workforce Funding Alliance on being awarded the Northern Trust Navigator Award at the Milwaukee Awards in Neighborhood Development Innovation hosted by the Milwaukee LISC. See the video showcasing their work below.
2012-03-30
Two influential voices offered conflicting views this week of the labor market challenges facing long-term unemployed and underemployed US workers.
2012-03-29
Two National Fund collaborative recently released studies looking at the benefits employers receive from investing in workforce training.
The Job Opportunity Investment Network (JOIN) in Philadelphia released ROI 360°: How Workforce Partnership Benefits Business, Workers, and Community....
2012-03-23
Last month the workforce community lost a passionate advocate and a great leader. Bruce Herman, 54, passed away from pancreatic cancer leaving his wife and his three young sons. Bruce had served most recently as New York State’s deputy labor commissioner where we worked together with other state workforce liaisons as part of the National Governor’s Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices...
2012-02-23
The annual Skills Summit of the National Skills Coalition (NSC) from February 12-14, 2012 was as interesting and as informative as it is every year.
2012-02-23
I attended a very interesting and informative meeting last week sponsored by United Way Worldwide (UWW) that included 30 United Way representatives (with five NFWS collaboratives in attendance: Hartford, Atlanta, Philly, Detroit and Des Moines).
2012-01-12
At a quarterly meeting of the CT Employment and Training Commission (CETC), Connecticut's Workforce Investment Board, he provided an overview of the Pennsylvania industry partnerships legislation and work. The CETC membership includes commissioners of our state departments of Labor, Education, Economic and Community Development, Social Services, Energy and Environmental Protection and our Lt....
2011-12-16
(Harrisburg, December 14) – Flanked by legislators and various business and workforce supporters of Pennsylvania's Industry Partnership program, Governor Tom Corbett signed copies of Senate Bill 552, at the state Capitol yesterday. Senate Bill 552, sponsored by Senator Mike Brubaker from Lancaster County was recently unanimously passed by the General Assembly and officially became law on July...
2011-12-14
On December 12th, the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness held a discussion with local and national healthcare stakeholders highlighting New York as a national model for how cities and states can address their healthcare...