sector initiatives
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Leah Murphy
09/30/2009 - 2:57am
Example of management staff playing a critical role in getting lower staff members involved in the sector initiatives plan. Document is a conference agenda hosted by Colorado to train technical assistantance staff members.
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Colorado SECTORS Planning Grants: Strategies to Enhance Colorado's Talent through Regional SolutionsLeah Murphy 08/19/2009 - 10:22am
Publication detailing the Colorado SECTORS planing grant program. Document explains why sector strategies are important to the state's economic policies, the key elements of the planning grants (i.e. applicant info and resources), and required proposal information and deadlines for grant submissions.
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Leah Murphy
08/19/2009 - 10:16am
Colorado Department of Labor document detailing the state's discretionary grant funding under the Colorado SECTORS planning grants program. The purpose of these grants is to make funding available to workforce regions to launch regional sector initiatives.
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Leah Murphy
08/18/2009 - 1:49pm
Minnesota's planned framework for advancing sector initiatives as an example of sector strategy framework from which policy makers would develop an action plan.
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Leah Murphy
07/06/2009 - 7:39am
Report focuses on the business impact of sector initiatives. It identifies key benefits of sector initiatives, briefly describes the initiative impact on workers and job seekers, provides noteworthy examples, and provides topics for future discussion and continued research.
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Leah Murphy
07/06/2009 - 6:33am
Minnesota created a roadmap for their efforts after convening partners early in their sector strategy development process. Roadmap serves as example of how to development a strategic framework for sector initiatives and provides an overview of Minnesota sector initiatives and the state’s three-year vision for implementation of initiatives.
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Leah Murphy
07/06/2009 - 6:09am
Report describing sectoral initiatives impact on workers by explaining results of 1998 Sectoral Employment Initiative. Study assesses the organizations’ experiences implementing sectoral programs and collected outcomes data to help us understand their potential to benefit low-skilled workers. Report focuses on explaining initiatives as both developing workers’ skills to meet the needs of the sector’s employers and addressing its entrenched practices in hiring, promoting and training workers.
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- jtorrens 05/28/2009 - 6:43pm
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- tcoxen 12/01/2008 - 1:49pm
- jtorrens 10/14/2008 - 1:34pm
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tcoxen
08/01/2008 - 12:00am
This report documents the range of projects undertaken and the outcomes achieved by 38 WIBs that participated in a 2000 demonstration program funded by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the U.S. Department of Labor determine whether sector-based strategies could be adopted and used effectively by local WIBs.
The demonstration included 26 formation grantees that received one-year grants (some with three-month extensions) to form stakeholder groups, collect and analyze labor market data, analyze industry opportunities and training capacity, and develop a strategic plan for the selected industry sector. Twelve organizations were awarded 15-month implementation grants (some with 3- or 6-month extensions) to undertake specific sectoral interventions, such as outreach, recruitment, curriculum development, training, and designing career paths for the benefit of individual participants within the context of specific industry/occupational sector needs.
