An additional $150 million in training grants for people interested in “green jobs” has been awarded by the U.S. Labor Department. The announcement comes a week after the department awarded nearly $100 million to green-job training and is part of a $500 million initiative established through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The “Pathways Out of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 17, 2009
The John R. Oishei Foundation is giving a $100,000 two-year grant to Goodwill Industries of Western New York, to support the Parks Careers Pathways Collaboration. The program offer training and career exploration opportunities at Olmsted Parks in Buffalo, New York. The program is a collaboration between Goodwill Industries, the Buffalo City Mission and the Buffalo [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 8, 2009
The US Department of Labor is aiding laid off Ethan Allen workers in Vermont and New Hampshire. Two hundred and fifty employees let go from the furniture maker’s Beecher Falls, Vermont plant are eligible for training, job search and relocation allowances, income support and other services. Danbury, Connecticut’s Ethan Allen Global is a North American furniture chain [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 17, 2009
Ed Montgomery, the Obama administration’s Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, aka “Car Czar,” has announced the commitment of $25 million in stimulus funds for the retraining of laid off auto workers. The cash be awarded to training programs that can help auto workers transition to industries that are seeking new employees, such as [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 6, 2009
The New Mexico Job Training Incentive Program has approved $2 million to fund the creation of, and training for, 225 new jobs. Film manufacturer ClingZ received $9,960 to create two Rio Rancho positions. Hewlett Packard got $1.5 million to create 108 jobs at its new Rio Rancho plant. The University of New Mexico’s Division of Continuing Education [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 4, 2009
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed his jobs bill into law today, at an event at St. Louis Community College. The bill increases the annual cap on tax credits for businesses under the Quality Jobs Program, from $60 million to $80 million; raises the annual cap on tax credits through the Missouri Business Use Incentives for Large-Scale [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 20, 2009
State auditors are criticizing the Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training Program, saying it has failed its job-creation goals. The program has used $38.5 million in incentives to lure firms to Iowa and to create jobs. The auditors say that many recipient companies either shut down, declared bankruptcy, or failed to meet their job creation goals, which [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Harvard University has paid the city of Boston, Massachusetts its first installment of jobs funding. The payment of $383,865 is the first of two Harvard checks to be allocated by the city for job training through the Neighborhood Jobs Trust. Additional payments in support of housing will be made. As part of a cooperation agreement, Harvard has [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 10, 2009
Chrysler is considering shutting down a stamping plant in Twinsburg, Ohio, putting 1,000 people out of work by 2010. Twinsburg Mayor Katherine Procop and state officials are establishing a task force to provide skills assessment and retraining for affected workers, and attempt to find a new tenant for the factory. Chrysler plans to shut eight plants by [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Colorado’s Democratic Governor Bill Ritter has signed two bills for job creation and business development. The bills provides tax incentives for job creation and money for job training programs. A third bill will require homebuilders to offer buyers the option of having their home pre-wired for solar energy. Colorado’s unemployment rate hit 7.5% in March. Share This Story:
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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