FYI



>The October 2004 is now posted on the WorkforceUSA.net site.  This month

>the links in the newsletter are live!  The newsletter features resources

>on the debate on policies promoting marriage for low-income individuals;

>case studies on performance-based contracting to help prepare for new

>federal requirements; a survey on employer investment in training in

>Europe; a curriculum for training career development staff, promising

>practices in the Jobs-Plus demonstration; working briefs describing trends

>in community colleges; a set of reports related to WIA program data and

>using that information for evaluation; and a new workbook on creating

>policies that support industry cluster strategies.   You can find the

>newsletter at www.workforceusa.net in the Users Resources section or you

>can copy and paste the following URL in your search engine:

>http://www.workforceusa.net/uploads/Newsletter%209-October%202004.pdf

>We also wanted to let you know about a new report featured in the Labor

>Market Systems section of the site, "Responding in a Turbulent Economy:

>Creative Roles for Workforce Investment Boards".  This report written by

>Mark Troppe and Graham Toft describes effective strategies for addressing

>the demands on the workforce investment system during a period of economic

>churning