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Technology Sector Skills Summit
Linking Economic, Employment and Education Outcomes
Sponsored by WebProfessionals.org and the Mid-Pacific ICT Center (MPICT) of San Francisco, the Technology Sector Skills Summit is the first of a series of planned nationwide events that aims to link economic, employment, and education outcomes.
CIO level professionals from technology companies will be participating to offer insight and inspiration. Industry segments will include small, medium and enterprise level organizations, web and new media professionals, trade and professional associations, hardware and software manufacturers, healthcare, financial and high tech IT hiring managers.
Attend the Technology Sector Skills Summit in San Francisco, 3/19/13 at the Hilton Hotel Financial District.
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YouthBuild Grant Announcement
USDOL-ETA Funds Available to Serve At-Risk Youth
The Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor has announced the availability of approximately $75 million in grant funds authorized by the YouthBuild provisions of the Workforce Investment Act. YouthBuild grants are awarded through a competitive process; those organizations receiving funding oversee the provision of education, occupational skills training, and employment services to disadvantaged youth in their communities. Youth receiving these services also perform meaningful work and service to their communities during the program. Based on their estimate of FY 2013 funding, DOL hopes to serve approximately 5,200 participants during the grant period of performance, with projects operating in approximately 75 communities across the country. The application period closes March 19, 2013. Access the full description here.
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Economic Performance
How Does California Measure Up?
Next10 is an independent nonpartisan organization focused on innovation and the intersection between the economy, the environment, and the quality of life for all Californians. They have created a new first ever interactive website called Compare50.org that tracks key economic indicators, allowing users to track and compare dozens of economic trends over time in all 50 states. It answers questions such as: Which state is an innovation leader? Which is an export leader? And, which state has the highest declines in poverty?
By drawing on data gathered for the latest Next10 report titled How Does California's Economic Performance Compare to Other States, the released beta version of this interactive website allows users to see clearly how California ranks nationally in economic indicators and trends.
Check out Compare50.org here and stay tuned for future iterations based on your and others feedback.
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Collaboration Continues
Employment Training Panel Contract Renewed for Two Years
On Friday, January 25th Barbara Halsey and Administrative Consultant Steve Duscha presented CWA's ETP Contract proposal to the Employment Training Panel. The proposal represents CWA's second contract with ETP, as our first contract for $260,250 will successfully complete on 5/1/13. CWA was notified in early February that the training funds proposal was approved in the amount of $401,640, in a two-year contract that began 2/4/13.
This ETP contract will allow us to collaborate with local WIBs in Monterey, Santa Barbara, San Mateo and the South Bay to provide customized on-site training to manufacturing companies that wish to enhance the skills and improve the productivity of their workforce. Steve Ducsha, along with Quest Consulting, has done an outstanding job of ensuring the success of our first project and will undoubtedly do the same with this project. We will be contacting those WIBs that committed to this collaboration in the near future to discuss project launch timelines and business referral processes. For more information on the ETP grants, read the ETP press release.
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