Greetings!
I want to let our new subscribers know that Thursday Resources don't
always get finished up in time to come out on Thursday!  I just aim for
Thursday.

Anyway, I hope you will find new and interesting resources here.  I was
able to find some green jobs resources to include since we have invited
those who have that interest to continue their discussion with the
Workplace Literacy List.  And welcome!

Donna

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>From Workforce Training  http://www.workforce.com


"Training That Starts Before the Job Begins"
	Even in a recession, some companies are still hiring in sizable
numbers. Two of them-Booz Allen Hamilton and Vestas Wind Systems-start
training new employees in culture and processes well before their first
day on the job. 
http://www.workforce.com/section/11/feature/26/55/57/index.html  

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>From the National Association of Workforce Boards  http://www.nawb.org/



"Green Jobs Resources"
Following are some resources related to Green Jobs and a Green Economy.

Training and Employment Notice No. #44-08
	This notice describes the Employment and Training
Administration's initial plans for awarding green job training funds
under the Recovery Act so that interested organizations can begin to
plan for the application process and can strengthen or build
partnerships to be successful applicants. 
http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=2755 

Green Job Grants Announced

A total of five RFP's have been announced.  Four of the competitions are
designed to serve workers in need of training through various national,
state and community outlets:  Energy Training Partnership Grants;
Pathways Out of Poverty Grants; State Energy Sector Partnership and
Training Grants; and Green Capacity Building Grants.  The fifth
competition, for State Labor Market Information Improvement Grants, will
fund state workforce agencies that will collect, analyze and disseminate
labor market information and develop labor exchange infrastructure to
direct individuals to careers in green industries.  
 
Grants awarded through this competition will be funded through the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).  In an
effort to earn the maximum return on each investment, the Labor
Department is encouraging grantees funded through these competitions to
align their work with other federal agencies' Recovery Act investments
intended to create jobs and promote economic growth.  Programs funded
through these SGAs will be conducted in partnership with the public
workforce system in order to prepare workers to enter careers in
targeted industries.

SGA 1 - State LMI Research 
	Summary http://www.nawb.org/portals/0/GreenSummary1.pdf  
	SGA http://www.nawb.org/portals/0/GreenSGA1.pdf 
SGA 2 - Energy Training Partnerships 
	Summary  http://www.nawb.org/portals/0/GreenSGA1.pdf
	SGA http://www.nawb.org/portals/0/GreenSGA2.pdf 
SGA 3 - Pathways Out of Poverty 
	Summary http://www.nawb.org/portals/0/GreenSummary3.pdf
	SGA http://www.nawb.org/portals/0/GreenSGA3.pdf 
SGA 4 - State Energy Sector Partnerships
	Summary http://www.nawb.org/portals/0/GreenSummary4.pdf 
	SGA http://www.nawb.org/portals/0/GreenSGA4.pdf 
SGA 5 - Green Capacity Building 
	Summary http://www.nawb.org/portals/0/GreenSummary5.pdf   
	SGA http://www.nawb.org/portals/0/GreenSGA5.pdf 

"Bringing Home the Green Recovery: A User's Guide to the 2009 American
Recovery & Reinvestment Act"
http://www.nawb.org/portals/0/Resource%20Center/BringingHometheGreenReco
very.pdf 

"Green Industries & Jobs in California" 
http://www.nawb.org/portals/0/Resource%20Center/California%20Emerging_Gr
een_09.pdf 

"2008 Washington State Green Economy Jobs" 
http://www.nawb.org/portals/0/Resource%20Center/Washington%20State%20Gre
en%20Jobs%20Report.pdf 

"Secretary Sebelius Makes Recovery Act Funding Available to Expand
Health Professions Training" (news release)
	HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the availability
of $200 million to support grants, loans, loan repayment, and
scholarships to expand the training of health care professionals. The
funds are expected to train approximately 8,000 students and
credentialed health professionals by the end of fiscal year 2010. The
funds are part of the $500 million allotted to HHS' Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA), to address workforce shortages under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/07/20090728c.html  

"Solicitation of Applications for the National Technical Assistance,
Training, Research and Evaluation Program: Economic Development District
Partnership Planning Program and CEDS Research Project"
	The Economic Development Administration (EDA) today announced it
is soliciting applications for FY 2009 National Technical Assistance,
Training, Research and Evaluation (NTA) Program funding.  EDA is
specifically seeking applications to fund a research project to assess
the effectiveness of EDA's Economic Development District (EDD)
Partnership Planning Program and the quality of Comprehensive Economic
Development Strategies (CEDS). Approximately $1,000,000 is available,
and shall remain available until expended, for funding awards under the
NTA Program in FY 2009, including $460,000 in FY 2009 appropriations for
economic development research. (Federal Register)
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-17821.pdf 

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>From MDRC http://www.mdrc.org


"Strategies to Help Low-Wage Workers Advance: Implementation and Early
Impacts of the Work Advancement and Support Center (WASC) Demonstration"
	Early evidence testing this innovative strategy to help low-wage
workers increase their incomes suggests that combining services to help
low-wage workers advance in the labor market and receive easy access to
work support programs can boost low-wage workers' enrollment in public
health insurance and food stamp programs and increase their use of child
care.
http://www.mdrc.org/publications/519/full.pdf?tr=y&auid=5110930  

"Employment-Focused Programs for Ex-Prisoners 
What Have We Learned, What Are We Learning, and Where Should We Go from
Here?"
	Each year, more than 600,000 people are released from prison.
The obstacles to successful reentry are daunting, starting with the
challenge of finding stable work. Indeed, a large proportion of released
inmates return to prison within a relatively short time. In recognition
of the enormous human and financial toll of recidivism, there is new
interest among researchers, community advocates, and public officials in
prisoner reentry initiatives, particularly those focused on employment.	
	In May 2006, the National Poverty Center at the University of
Michigan hosted a meeting - "Research on Prisoner Reentry: What Do We
Know and What Do We Want to Know?" - to discuss the state of research on
employment-focused prisoner reentry programs. This paper, written as
background for the meeting, reviews previous research, describes some
planned or ongoing evaluations, and proposes some ideas for future
research.
http://www.mdrc.org/publications/435/full.pdf 

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>From the Detroit Free Press (7-31-09) http://www.freep.com 


"Time to break cycle of no skills, no jobs: Low level of literacy adds
fuel to employment crisis"
	An analysis of the workplace skills of the unemployed in
Michigan compiled by a work group that included more than 30
representatives of literacy centers, adult education programs, community
colleges, universities, employers, Michigan Workforce agencies and
liaisons from several state departments led to this commentary in the
Detroit Free Press.
http://www.freep.com/article/20090731/COL10/907310368  

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>From Center for an Urban Future  http://www.nycfuture.org  


"Job Training: Often Misunderstood, But Too Important To Dismiss"
	In an op/ed that ran in last Tuesday's Huffington Post, CUF's
David Jason Fischer and Brandon Roberts of the Working Poor Families
Project argued that, as Obama and Congress look toward re-authorizing
the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) later this year, policy makers need
to find ways to more closely link job training with job creation. States
should use a targeted sector-based approach to workforce development,
they argued, with the goal of transitioning displaced workers into
positions that the federal stimulus bill or local economic development
efforts will support, such as infrastructure and emerging fields like
clean tech. 
http://www.nycfuture.org/content/articles/article_view.cfm?article_id=12
45&article_type=5 

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>From Corporate Voices for Working Families

http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/  

"The ILL-Prepared U.S. Workforce: Exploring the Challenges of
Employer-Provided Workforce Readiness Training"
	Corporate Voices for Working Families, along with The American
Society for Training and Development, The Conference Board, and the
Society for Human Resource Management surveyed 217 employers to examine
corporate practices on training newly hired graduates at three
educational levels: high school, two-year college, and four-year
college.	
http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/system/files/Ill_preparedWorkforce_RR.p
df 

"New Ways to Build A Quality Workforce: An Employer's Guide"
	Companies and organizations across American are competing in an
ever-increasing global marketplace where workers must transition from an
industrial to a knowledge-based economy. But just as the baby boomers,
the most experienced workers with the greatest knowledge and skills, are
retiring, the U.S. economy depends upon a strong pool of new entrants to
the workforce who will continue the American traditions of innovation,
research, and development.
http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/system/files/BuildingAQualityWorkforce.
pdf  

"Strengthening America's Competitiveness: Public Policy Recommendations
for Workforce Readiness"
	America faces a profound challenge to its economic vitality and
future. Too many young people today - the workforce of tomorrow - are
not prepared to succeed in a knowledge-based economy.
http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/system/files/CVWFStrengtheningAmerica's
EconomicCompetitiveness.pdf  

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