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MI: Job Retraining Efforts Sputter

Julie Bero on July 1, 2010 - 1:51pm

More than two years after Gov. Jennifer Granholm launched what may be the most ambitious job retraining program in Michigan history, 16,164 workers have found new jobs but nearly twice that many either dropped out or are still unable to find work.

The more-than-$500 million No Worker Left Behind program may be well-intentioned and well-designed, but with Michigan leading the nation in unemployment for most of the past four years, success has been limited.

Saving Jobs: More Federal Action Needed on State Fiscal Relief

Altaf Rahamatulla on April 1, 2010 - 1:56pm
Last month, President Barack Obama signed the $17.5 billion Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act into law to assist small businesses and spur job creation.  This was definitely a start, but the gravity of the current crisis demands much bolder and quicker action.  Congress needs to enact further state fiscal relief to support jobs and avoid the massive layoffs that threaten social and economic vitality in the states.

State Job Creation Strategies Part I: Finding the Money and Investing in Human Capital and Physical Infrastructure

Nathan Newman on January 19, 2010 - 1:59pm
As this Dispatch will highlight, the first step is to fund jobs that support long-term economic competitiveness, notably by investing in people and physical infrastructure.  While the economic climate for profit-making business opportunities is more limited, investments in education, health care, transit and energy efficiency can create immediate jobs while strengthening building blocks for long-term growth.

Green Jobs Programs to Drive Economic Recovery

PSN on June 15, 2009 - 12:06pm
This Dispatch will focus on the long-term investments and policies that will be central to the creation of good jobs in a 21st century green economy.

Washington State Legislature Passes Legislation Aimed at Increasing both Access and Adoption of Broadband

PSN on April 30, 2009 - 1:10pm
With the passage of  HB 1701 the Washington State legislature once again demonstrated its understandingthat when combating the digital divide states must not just addressaccess issues, but must also focus on dealing with the barriers to broadband adoption by individuals.

Averting Layoffs and Revitalizing the Manufacturing Economy: Lessons from the Great Lakes States

Nathan Newman on May 5, 2008 - 11:00am
As the country enters into a recession and suffers increasing job losses, the Great Lakes Region is facing a particularly acute crisis. Literally millions of decent-paying manufacturing jobs have disappeared from the region in recent years.  How regional political leaders are responding to that crisis provides lessons for state policymakers across the country.

Green Jobs Corps in Oakland, CA

J. Mijin Cha on June 28, 2007 - 8:29am
Oakland's City Council unanimously approved allocating $250,000 as seed money to create the nation's first Green Jobs Corps. Oakland's Green Jobs Corp will provide complete job training for residents that have had barriers to employment. The job training includes case managements skills and vocational training in areas such as bio-fuels manufacturing and solar panel installation. Participants in the program finish with paid internships in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. 

Union Construction Jobs offer a Way out of Gang Life

J. Mijin Cha on May 24, 2007 - 7:54am
With nearly 650,000 people released from state and federal prison every year, programs need to be available to support reentry into society.  Faced with a shortage of members, the building-trades unions of California have begun recruiting for apprenticeship programs in communities of color where many young men have criminal pasts.