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Boston, MA (April 21, 2011) — The National Fund for Workforce Solutions (NFWS), an award-winning national initiative focused on helping low-wage workers obtain good careers while ensuring that employers can find workers with high-quality skills that will enable them to succeed in a highly competitive economy, expressed disappointment in the Labor Department report on jobless claims. In a statement released today, NFWS Executive Director Fred Dedrick stated in part:

Awards Represent Distribution from Federal Government's Social Innovation Fund

BOSTON, MA (December 8, 2010) — Proclaiming the “transformational” potential of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, Damian Thorman of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation figuratively accepted the gavel as Chair of the groundbreaking effort to prepare jobseekers and workers for careers in a post-recession economy.

BOSTON, MA (August 25, 2010) – At a time when concern about job growth dominates the economic news, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded a new $1.1 million grant to the National Fund for Workforce Solutions to test local approaches to preparing jobseekers and workers for careers.

BOSTON, MA (June 15, 2010) – The National Fund for Workforce Solutions, involving more than 250 funders nationwide, is proving that innovative, local approaches to preparing jobseekers and workers for careers, built on strong partnerships with employers, can deliver results for local economies.

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BOSTON, MA (April 27, 2010) – Today, the National Fund for Workforce Solutions (www.nfwsolutions.org) received the Distinguished Grantmaking Award for Collaboration from the Council on Foundations, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit membership association of some 2,000 grantmaking foundations and corporations.

Boston, March 16 -- At a time when unemployment isn't budging, underemployment appears to be at record levels, and American workers are wondering what place they will have in a post-recession economy, the National Fund for Workforce Solutions announces that Fred Dedrick has joined the initiative as its first Executive Director. Dedrick most recently served as the Deputy Secretary for Workforce Development in Pennsylvania.

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