The California Workforce Association is a non-profit membership organization that develops public policy strategies and builds local capacity to address critical workforce issues. CWA represents the 49 Workforce Investment Boards, over 200 One-Stop Career Centers and other workforce development partners in California. Our members include local non-profits, government, educational institutions and community based organizations involved in training, education, economic development, welfare, and employment. California Workforce Investment Boards are private sector-led boards focused on strategic solutions to workforce issues in their regions.
CWA promotes, enhances, and serves the interests of local workforce development partnerships in California. We are a founding member of the EDGE Campaign, focused on policy reform for workforce and skills training in California.
This page was last updated: June 30, 2009
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Stimulus funds on the job The activities program at Marysville Care Center has Christine Dunn, 19, working at a far quicker pace than she ever would have imagined before she started her summer job five weeks ago. More here
Stimulus At Work in Southeastern San Diego $10.5 million in federal stimulus dollars.
In the worst job market in nearly a generation, the program will offer a lifeline, albeit a temporary one, to young residents from some of San Diego’s toughest main streets. Most of the $10.5 million will be spent by the end of September, the rest by next year. More here
State economic forecast bodes ill for jobless The state budget crisis will pour salt in California's economic wounds and help push the statewide unemployment rate to 12.1 percent by the end of 2010, according to a bleak forecast issued today. More here
Which states will be early risers?
If you want to be in the right place when the recovery starts, that place may be in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Texas or Washington. The recession didn't start at the same time in every state, and it won't end at the same time either. A new forecast from Moody's Economy.com predicts that jobs growth will return first in those five states, starting in the last quarter of this year. Four of those states benefit from strong high-tech industries, and the fifth, Texas, has a strong base of energy industries. More here
Contra Costa Youth@Work highlighted on the CBS news. Click here to view
Green Technology Magazine
By Racquel Palmese
There are 49 local, city and county workforce investment boards operating under the California Workforce Investment Board. All are part of a national system for workforce development funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, and many are looking into green jobs training. If a company needs its workers retrained or a newly trained workforce, a local WIB will help set up a training program and will often pay for it as well.
Green Careers: Choosing Work for a Sustainable Future By Jim Cassio and Alice Rush, MA, RPCC, MCC
People of all ages and backgrounds are seeking work in career fields that will help protect nature and save the planet, yet many people are unaware of the variety of green careers available. This unique career guidance book, based on labor market research, covers green jobs representing almost every area of career interest. The authors’ extensive experience in career and workforce development will help you explore tomorrow’s green career options today! Order your copy from the publishers bookstore! Click link below: www.newsociety.com/bookid/4042
Gov. Schwarzenegger Highlights First Recovery Act Funding to Begin Employing California At-Risk Youth Joining Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at a press conference in Los Angeles, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the first American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funding to begin employing at-risk youth in California. More here
Obama's pretty good start President Obama's 100 days in office have not shaken the world, but he has been compelled to focus on the legacy bequeathed by former President George W. Bush: the worst economic slump since the Great Depression and two wars.
Justice in the Air: Tracking Toxic Pollution from America's Industries and Companies to Our States, Cities, and Neighborhoods With climate change threatening our way of life, dirty air triggering asthma, and industrial pollutants causing cancer, the nation is more motivated than ever before to take a hard look at the problems we face and seek new approaches that can better secure the future of the planet and save lives. More here
Global economy is expected to shrink this year The world economy is likely to shrink this year for the first time in six decades. More here
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CWA launches wiki for those interested in ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
See all the latest information about ARRA - the law, questions and answers, state recovery info, and related resources.
go to: arra.pbwiki.com.
go to: arra.pbwiki.com.Bob Lanter (CWA Legislative Committee Chairman/Executive Director, Contra Costa County WIB, and John Morales, NWA President/Executive Director, Yuma County WIB) following their testimony to the Congressional Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness.The topic of the hearing was 'New Innovations and Best Practices Under the Workforce Investment Act.'
For more information, or to view the hearing, go to:
Unemployed and need help?
To buy the T Shirt you saw at the CWA Spring Conference (that's the bamboo one above) click here!
See Eric Morago, CWA's poet in residence, recite his poem Doug:
To go to his website: www.ericmorago.com
Jose Millan, Vice Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and CWA's Virginia Hamilton sporting temporary Recovery.Gov logo tattoos at Antonio Villaragosa's reception for Secreatary of Labor Hilda Solis.
Want to learn about the Employment Training Panel? click here!
John Chamberlin
Dynamic One Day ARRA Training with John Chamberlin
June 23, 2009- Central Valley, CA
June 24, 2009- Sacramento, CA
June 25, 2009- Los Angeles, CA
Documents from training here
JOB OPENING
Seeking project director to facilitate and accelerate collaboration between California's WIBs and community colleges.
