workforce development

[rspence at smart-money.or]

I am researching the topic of urban workforce development. Information
on the following items will be of use to me: best practices,
publications/reports/studies, welfare-to-work, policy makers, advocacy
groups, successful models (local or national), web sites, etc.. Thanks
for your help!



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[kmay at igc.org]

Rahim Spence wrote:
>
> I am researching the topic of urban workforce development. >Informationon the following items will be of use to me: best >practices, publications/reports/studies, welfare-to-work, policy >makers, advocacy groups, successful models (local or national), >web sites, etc.. Thanks for your help!

Check out the America Works Partnership based in Washington--a group
forming innovative workforce development partnerships between unions,
local governments, and community economic development groups--bridging a
communication gap that has caused many a misunderstanding. Through
agreements with municipal contractors for union-built public works
projects, they provide "pre-apprenticehip" and workforce readiness
training for community members who will graduate into reserved slots in
union apprenticeship/journeyman training programs...bringing needed
diversity and community voices into the union movement, while still
recognizing the important gains that unions have made in working
conditions and living wage jobs.



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[jsilver at ncrc.org]

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) works with America's Works
Patnership to provide financial literacy training to traditionally underserved
populations that are also receiving workforce development training. For more
information, please contact NCRC staff Andrew Moss or Michelle Dickens on (202)
628-8866.

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>From: Karen May <kmay@igc.org>
>To: rspence@smart-money.org
>Cc: communitydevelopmentbanking-l@cornell.edu
>Subject: Re: workforce development
>Date: Tue, Mar 28, 2000, 12:01 PM
>

> Rahim Spence wrote:
>>
>> I am researching the topic of urban workforce development. >Informationon
> the following items will be of use to me: best >practices,
> publications/reports/studies, welfare-to-work, policy >makers, advocacy
> groups, successful models (local or national), >web sites, etc.. Thanks for
your help!
>
> Check out the America Works Partnership based in Washington--a group
> forming innovative workforce development partnerships between unions,
> local governments, and community economic development groups--bridging a
> communication gap that has caused many a misunderstanding. Through
> agreements with municipal contractors for union-built public works
> projects, they provide "pre-apprenticehip" and workforce readiness
> training for community members who will graduate into reserved slots in
> union apprenticeship/journeyman training programs...bringing needed
> diversity and community voices into the union movement, while still
> recognizing the important gains that unions have made in working
> conditions and living wage jobs.
>
>



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[lortiz at urbandevelopmen]

The Council for Urban Economic Development sponsored a conference
on workforce development in December of 1998 entitled "Help
Wanted: Building a Competitive Workforce." The proceedings from
that conference, published this year, include best practices,
contact information for all speakers, summaries of each session,
etc. and are an excellent resource. Proceedings are available
free-of-charge. You may email me your address if you are
interested in receiving a copy.

-Larisa Ortiz

--
Larisa Ortiz
Economic Development Analyst
Council for Urban Economic Development
1730 K Street, NW Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20006
tel: (202) 223-4735
fax: (202) 223-4745
email: lortiz@urbandevelopment.com

The Council For Urban Economic Development (CUED), founded in
1967,
is the leading full-service economic development membership
association, serving more than 2,400 economic development
professionals. CUED provides information to its members who
build local economies through tools used to create, attract,
and retain jobs. CUED also manages the National Association
of Installation Developers (NAID) and the Association of
University Related Research Parks (AURRP). NAID brings together
public and private sector professionals involved with the
redevelopment of closing military bases. AURRP promotes the
development of research/science parks and technology
incubators in order to enhance technology-based economic
development.


http://www.cued.org http://www.naid.org
http://www.aurrp.org



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[lortiz at urbandevelopmen]

I failed to mention that proceedings from the CUED workforce
develoment conference can also be downloaded from our website
<cued.org>.
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The Council for Urban Economic Development sponsored a conference
on workforce development in December of 1998 entitled "Help
Wanted: Building a Competitive Workforce." The proceedings from
that conference, published this year, include best practices,
contact information for all speakers, summaries of each session,
etc. and are an excellent resource. Proceedings are available
free-of-charge. You may email me your address if you are
interested in receiving a copy.

-Larisa Ortiz

--
Larisa Ortiz
Economic Development Analyst
Council for Urban Economic Development
1730 K Street, NW Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20006
tel: (202) 223-4735
fax: (202) 223-4745
email: lortiz@urbandevelopment.com

The Council For Urban Economic Development (CUED), founded in
1967,
is the leading full-service economic development membership
association, serving more than 2,400 economic development
professionals. CUED provides information to its members who
build local economies through tools used to create, attract,
and retain jobs. CUED also manages the National Association
of Installation Developers (NAID) and the Association of
University Related Research Parks (AURRP). NAID brings together
public and private sector professionals involved with the
redevelopment of closing military bases. AURRP promotes the
development of research/science parks and technology
incubators in order to enhance technology-based economic
development.


http://www.cued.org http://www.naid.org
http://www.aurrp.org



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