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Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) Updates Business Leaders and Workforce Advocates on Federal Workforce Policy

08/11/2011
| BY Emily

The Pennsylvania Fund for Workforce Solutions recently shared highlights of a conference call on federal workforce policy joined by Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA) with over 100 Pennsylvania businesses and other Industry Partnership advocates.  Among the discussion topics, Senator Casey updated participants on the effort to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act and strengthen support for "Sector" initiatives.

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National Fund Welcomes Increased Employer Support for the Skills for America's Future Initiative

06/08/2011
| BY National Fund Staff

Fred Dedrick, Executive Director of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, issued the following statement today welcoming the President's announcement of increased support for the

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National Job Training Partnership Welcomes President’s Announced Expansion of Skills for America’s Future

Employer engagement and leadership is critical to success of public and private job training initiatives

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June 8, 2011
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New Study Highlights Global Need for Skills Training, Investment in Workforce Development

05/04/2011
| BY National Fund Staff

This OECD report on income inequality highlights skills training and workforce development as important issues that must be addressed to close the gap between rich and poor.A new report released by Organization for Economic Cooperation and

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Congressional Hearing on Public Workforce Development Funding

04/07/2011
| BY National Fund Staff

Today, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing on federally funded job training programs. Ray Uhalde from our implementation partner, Jobs for the Future, testified at the hearing.

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Secretaries of Labor, Education visit 1199C Training Fund in Philadelphia

03/08/2011
| BY National Fund Staff

Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis meet with staff and participants of the 1199C Training Fund in Philadelphia, PA on February, 28, 2011.

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Employers Come to Washington to Promote Targeted Solution to Nation’s Skills Gap

Media Pub Date: 
November 18, 2010 (All day)
Media Link: 
http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/homepage-archive/employer-fly-in.html
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National Skills Coalition

The National Skills Coalition recently reported on a trip co-sponsored by the National Fund during which a coalition of 17 employers from health care, construction, manufacturing, and clean energy companies met with leaders at the White House and on Capitol Hill "to discuss skill gaps in their industries, how sector partnerships can help fill those gaps, and why the SECTORS Act is a political winner with strong bipartisan support."

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Washington Policy Roundup

10/19/2010
| BY Ray Uhalde

We have developed this policy roundup to update our readers on legislative issues that impact workforce development.

Community College and Career Training Grant (C3TG) Program

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Green Pathways Peer Learning Meeting

On September 22-23, 2010, the National Fund held a Peer Learning Meeting on Green Career Pathways in Chicago, IL. The goals for this meeting were:

  • Explore approaches to developing green careers and advancing lower-skilled adults.
  • Share strategies and lessons for engaging employers in green career pathways.
  • Identify ways to leverage local, state and federal efforts in support of the creation and expansion of green career pathways.

On this page, you will find the following information from that meeting:

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National Fund Site Part of Effort to Secure Federal Grant to Help Ex-Inmates Secure Jobs

09/10/2010
| BY National Fund Staff

The Greater Cincinnati Workforce Network joined with 19 other community partners to provide $880,000 in local matching funds to secure a federal Second Chance Act Offender Reentry Demonstration grant of nearly $750,000, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported earlier this week.

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National Fund Policy Webinar

Submitted by National Fund Staff on March 1, 2010 - 17:19
Webinar Date: 
February 9, 2010
Webinar Link: 
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Writing Prescriptions for the Health Care Workforce

03/01/2010
| BY Marc S. Miller Ph.D.

Today is the start of a two-day meeting that both draws on the experience of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions and could provide important suggestions on how the Fund and its affiliates could move forward on a policy agenda to help low-wage employees succeed and businesses compete. Called Rx for the Health Care Workforce, the meeting’s goal is to address a central challenge to the potential of the nation’s health care system to deliver affordable, accessible care: the need for a skilled health care workforce, particularly on the front lines of care.

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An Inclusive Green Economy: A Guide to Using 2009 Recovery Act Funds

Tool Topic: 
Workforce Partnerships
Tool Pub Date: 
May 1, 2009 - 12:00
Tool Author: 
Radhika Fox, Jason Walsh, Shawn Fremstad
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NFWS Policy Webinar

Submitted by nfwsuser on February 5, 2010 - 01:59
Webinar Date: 
December 16, 2008

With a new Administration and a realigned Congress, the federal policy environment in Washington, DC, is ripe for change. The National Fund has prepared by creating a policy packet that provides key materials to help summarize the National Fund, the principles on which the National Fund is based and the policy implications that stem from them, and other supporting documents. We have also begun to use these materials to raise awareness of the National Fund and supportive policy directions.

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NFWS and the Stimulus: Talking Points and Strategies for Regional Funding Collaboratives

Submitted by nfwsuser on February 5, 2010 - 01:45
Webinar Date: 
April 29, 2009
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ARRA Conference report

Tool Topic: 
Overviews
Tool Pub Date: 
March 2, 2009 - 19:00
Tool Author: 
National Fund for Workforce Solutions
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Strategies for Financing Workforce Intermediaries: Working Papers

JFF, along with several partners, has researched the question of how workforce intermediaries might use existing or new funding sources to finance their core functions. JFF prepared these working papers for Investing in Workforce Intermediaries, a collaboration of the Annie E. Casey and Ford foundations. Since 2004, the foundations, working with JFF, have led a pilot effort to create a national support infrastructure for workforce intermediaries.

National Fund for Workforce Solutions: Principles and Policy Implications

To inform anticipated reforms of the U.S. workforce development system, a new brief from the National Fund for Workforce Solutions describes its principles for effective efforts to make the system better for workers, employers, and regions:

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