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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 Workforce Investment Boards, 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.
CWA Launches Statewide Workforce Campaign
Educating stakeholders about the value of our mission
CWA has partnered with the National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) to tailor its Workforce Investment Works campaign specifically for California. The Workforce Investment Works – Working for California campaign is a storytelling website with sophisticated back-end functionality to upload customer testimonials, success stories and workforce innovations, along with capacity-building storytelling toolkits that serve to 1) help California understand the value proposition of workforce-funded programs and services; 2) generate support of workforce
funding through social media; and 3) build the capacity of workforce stakeholders to utilize consistent messages with their local elected officials and the news media, and raise awareness around the repercussions of cutting workforce funding.
This educational platform provides stakeholders of the California workforce investment system with an opportunity to build a business case in support of workforce funding.
Register now by visiting Workforce Investment Works: Working for California campaign and upload your innovations, success stories and customer testimonials.

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In Case You Missed it: Post-Redevelopment: What's Next for Local Economic Development |
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Monday, 30 January 2012 08:58 |
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California's economy is still suffering, local government is contracting, public financing is constrained and private debt and equity sources are scarce. Despite all this, economic development, affordable housing and infrastructure investments are stil desperately needed and revelant in our communities.
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Santa Barbara County’s Unemployment Numbers For March 2012 at 8.9 Percent Average |
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 14:13 |
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The average unadjusted (not seasonally adjusted) unemployment rate of 8.9 percent for the county in March 2012 is lower than the revised number of 9.5 percent reported for the same time period from a year ago.
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NAWB Honors South Bay Workforce Investment Board |
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Monday, 13 February 2012 03:47 |
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The South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB) has been chosen by the National Association of Workforce Investment Boards (NAWB) as a Distinguished Honoree for the 2012 WIB Excellence Award. The award will be presented at NAWB’s Forum 2012 in Washington, D.C. the week of March 11th, and honors WIBs that have demonstrated an on-going ability to develop comprehensive workforce solutions for their community.
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Vital Student Programs May be Sacrified on the Altar of Flexibility |
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Wednesday, 29 February 2012 10:00 |
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Over the past few weeks, several articles have appeared in TOP-Ed (here and here) indentifying programs that have been threatened by the governor's latest budget proposal.
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