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Category Archives: Workforce Issues
New Evidence-based Reemployment Services Program
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (HR 1892), signed into law last week, has at least one other new evidence-based program to go along with its other provisions on child welfare, pay-for-success, and the MIECHV reauthorization. This one, which will … Continue reading
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House Moves Bill With Career and Technical Education Innovation Program
A House education committee today unanimously approved legislation (HR 5587) that would reauthorize the Department of Education’s career and technical education programs. The bipartisan legislation would also create a new innovation program that would support evidence-based career and technical education … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Workforce Issues
Performance Partnership Pilots: An Early Look
The Social Innovation Research Center has today released a report examining the early progress of the Performance Partnership Pilots (P3) program. First authorized by Congress in January 2014, P3 allows projects that are focused on youth to align and better … Continue reading
Workforce Innovation Fund Grants Announced
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has made 11 new grants totaling $50.7 million under the Workforce Innovation Fund (WIF). The new grants, announced September 24, come on top of $171 million in previous grants made over the past two … Continue reading
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New Workforce Law Provides $300 Million for Pay-for-Success Programs
On July 22, President Obama signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) into law. The law authorizes and reauthorizes a total $9.5 billion per year in federal funding for workforce programs. The new law eliminates 15 existing federal workforce … Continue reading
Workforce Innovation Fund Announces New Grant Competition
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of $53 million in new grants through its Workforce Innovation Fund (WIF). Eligible applicants include state workforce agencies and local workforce investment boards. According to the solicitation, as in previous WIF … Continue reading