Colleagues,
Here are the Thursday Resources for this week.  If you become aware of
resources I have not mentioned, please feel free to post them to the
list yourself or send them to me directly and I'll include them when I
send out the Thursday Resources.  
I hope those of you who got the snow are enjoying it!
Donna

Donna Brian, Moderator
Workplace Literacy Discussion List
Center for Literacy Studies at The University of Tennessee
djgbrian at utk.edu


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>From the National Center on Workforce and Disability/Adult [NCWD]

http://www.onestops.info/
Analysis (from a Disability Perspective) of Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking Issued by the Employment and Training Administration
Regarding the Workforce Investment Act (downloadable Word doc) (1/07)
http://www.onestops.info/word/Policy_Brief_jan07.doc

Additional policy papers by Bobby Silverstein:
http://www.onestops.info/website.php?page=policy_silverstein#wia07

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Invitation to a forum in DC From Economic Policy Institute
http://www.epi.org/
Work That Works: An Agenda for Shared Prosperity forum 
Cannon House Office Building, Caucus Room 345 
U.S. Capitol Complex, Washington, DC 
Thursday, February 22, 8:15 am - 12:30 pm 
	Please join us for the announcement and discussion of new policy
proposals for removing the obstacles that increasingly disconnect
working Americans from the rewards of their work. Speakers include Paul
Krugman, Tom Kochan, Beth Shulman, Harley Shaiken, and Richard Freeman.
Read more information on this event here.
http://www.sharedprosperity.org/event20070222.html
 
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Sector Skills Academy: deadline for applications March 16
	There's still time to submit applications for the Sector Skills
Academy, an initiative sponsored by the Aspen Institute's Workforce
Strategies Initiative and Public/Private Ventures. The Academy is a
year-long program involving three 3-day workshops, as well as mentoring,
technical assistance, and peer support, designed to support and help
grow sectoral workforce development strategies. As an integral part of
the Academy, each participant will have the opportunity to reflect on
and refine their vision, strategy and implementation plan for a specific
sectoral initiative, compatible with his/her own organization's vision
and goals.
The application deadline is March 16, 2007. More information about the
Academy is available at: www.sectorskillsacademy.org. Questions about
the application process or the Academy can be sent to:
<wsi at aspeninstitute.org> 

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>From OVAE (Office of Vocational and Adult Education) Thursday Notes for

February 15, 2007 http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.html

ETS: Worker Skill Forecast Bleak
	American workers will be less literate in 2030 than today.  So
says America's Perfect Storm, a new report from the Educational Testing
Service (ETS).  As better-educated workers leave the workforce, incoming
workers with lower skills will not qualify for high-wage jobs that are
growing.  Instead, workers will compete with each other, and new
immigrants, for low-wage employment.  To avoid a bleak future, the
report says we need to handle the combined effect of: skill gaps in
reading and math; a labor market rewarding higher skills; and an
increasingly diverse population.  See the full report
http://www.ets.org/Media/Education_Topics/pdf/AmericasPerfectStorm.pdf,
or executive summary
http://www.ets.org/Media/Education_Topics/pdf/ExecSummAmPerfectStorm.pdf
.

States Trying Out DOL's CAAs 
	President Bush's FY 2008 employment and training budget for the
Department of Labor (DOL) renews his proposal for Career Advancement
Accounts (CAAs).  Funds slated to be allocated to States as a single
stream include: Workforce Investment Act Adult, Dislocated Worker and
Youth, as well as Employment Service funds.  CAAs provide dollars for
education and training to out-of-school youth, low-income adults, and
dislocated workers.  Last fall, as part of the President's American
Competitiveness Initiative (ACI), DOL announced that three states-IN,
PA, and WY-are receiving $1.5M discretionary grants to demonstrate CAAs,
using a customized strategy for each State economy.  IN is using
geographic regions to model service delivery for high-growth,
high-demand industries to bring to scale Statewide.  PA is focusing on
high-priority industries and industry clusters.  WY is targeting
training to its key energy sector.  Five other states-GA, MI, MN, MO,
and OH-have $1.5M discretionary grants to pilot CAAs for dislocated
workers under the ACI.  Click on http://www.doleta.gov/BudgetFY08.cfm