What’s Happening in Pennsylvania?
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Apply to be a 2020 STEM Ambassador!
The STEM Ambassador Program is a 10-month leadership training opportunity and a strategic way to advance state STEM/workforce policy goals through education, targeting relationships with policymakers, and building a coalition of local and regional support. More information can be found here.
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Department of Labor & Industry: Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate at 4.2 percent
Text of Nov. 15 press release. Total nonfarm jobs reach new record high. Harrisburg, PA – Today, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) released its employment situation report for October 2019. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was up two-tenths of a percentage point from September to 4.2 percent. The national rate was up one-tenth of…
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Department of Labor & Industry: Wolf administration to invest $3.5 million in job training for students
Harrisburg, PA – The Wolf Administration to invest $3.5 million in students and young adults to provide job training and work experiences that will increase their skills and strengthen Pennsylvania’s workforce, Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jerry Oleksiak announced today. “Pennsylvania employers need skilled workers to help them succeed and thrive,” said Secretary…
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Rep. Craig Staats: Governor signs Staats bill to overhaul career and technical education, promote workforce development
HARRISBURG – This week, Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law a bill sponsored by Rep. Craig Staats (R-Bucks), which represents the most significant reform of Pennsylvania’s career and technical (CTE) education laws in more than 30 years. “Act 76 – 2019 is an omnibus bill aimed at enhancing career and technical education, job training and workforce…
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Department of Labor & Industry: Wolf administration announces $2.5 million to connect businesses and schools, boost job training opportunities across Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, PA – Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jerry Oleksiak today urged local workforce development boards (LWBDs) to apply for $2.5 million in new Business-Education Partnership (BEP) grants that will connect businesses and school districts and expand career opportunities throughout Pennsylvania. “This funding supports one of Governor Tom Wolf’s key workforce development objectives…
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North Central Region Listening Session
The Keystone Economic Development and Workforce Command Center was created earlier this year to expand the collaboration between government and the private sector to address the skills gap and worker shortages. Charged with identifying impediments to employment and creating strategies for addressing them, the command center is a true public-private partnership bringing together experts from…
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L&I announces $2.5m funding opportunity for Youth Reentry
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$438 grant extended for cybersecurity education at PCT
The Pennsylvania College of Technology announced a National Science Foundation grant totalling $438,391 aimed at cybersecurity workforce development has been extended for another year. The grant, “Improving the Pipeline: After-School Model for preparing Cyber Defense and Information Assurance Professionals,” introduces high school students to career possibilities in cybersecurity through interaction with information technology faculty. “The extension of…