For media inquiries about SKILLWORKS or to arrange an interview, please contact:

Suzanne Morse
Associate Director
O'Neill and Associates
31 New Chardon Street
Boston, MA 02114
phone: 617.646.1020
fax: 617.646.1290
email: smorse@oneillandassoc.com

ARTICLES, EDITORIALS, AND OP-EDS

BETTER HELP WANTED: Boston Globe, April 15, 2008 (PDF)

BAY STATE JOBS PROGRAM GOES NATIONAL WITH $50 MILLION FUND: Boston Business Journal, September 7, 2007 (PDF)

SKILLWORKS RECEIVES FUNDING FROM NEWLY LAUNCHED NATIONAL FUND FOR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS: September 6, 2007

FROM HELPLESS TO HEARTENING: Boston Globe, September 6, 2007

HELP WANTED? WORK NEEDED? 2M TO THE RESCUE: Boston Globe, August 5, 2007

JOBS WITH A FUTURE: Boston Globe, July 11, 2007

REBUILDING THE MASSACHUSETTS WORKFORCE: Boston Globe (Robert J. Haynes and William J. Tinti), January 3, 2007

STUDY: YOUNG WORKERS LEAVING NEW ENGLAND: Mass High Tech Journal, July 7, 2006 (PDF)

6 GOV CANDIDATES SOUND OFF AT FORUM: The Gardner News, July 1-2, 2006 (PDF)

GOV CANDIDATES GANG UP ON MITT'S JOB-TRAINING VETO: Boston Herald, June 30, 2006 (PDF)

REILLY PRESSES FOR VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE BAN: The Boston Globe, June 30, 2006

ATTORNEY GENERAL TOM REILLY SAID THURSDAY THAT STATE LEGISLATORS SHOULD VOTE: Boston Globe, June 29, 2006

UNTAPPED TALENT: New York Times (Bob Herbert), June 5, 2006

THE MISSING LINK IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Boston Globe, March 7, 2006

CONNECTING TO JOBS: Boston Globe Editorial, February 13, 2006

A COMMONWEALTH GROWING, BUT GROWING APART: Boston Business Journal (Andrew Sum & Don Gillis), October 21, 2005 (PDF)

DIMASI'S STIMULUS STRATEGY: Boston Globe, August 2, 2005

WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS BILL: MetroWest Daily News, July 1, 2005 (PDF)

WORKFORCE WORK: Boston Globe, June 13, 2005

A STITCH IN TIME: Boston Globe, June 1, 2005

THE COST OF THRIVING: Boston Globe Editorial, March 19, 2005

FILLING THE NEED FOR AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS: The Road Runner (Newsletter of the New England Tire & Service Association), March, 2005 (PDF)

FOCUS IS ON WORKER: Fourth of 9 Sessions Set: Worcester Telegram & Gazette, October 25, 2004 (PDF)

FOUNDATION WINS OVERDONORS TO PAY FOR JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS: Employment & Training Reporter, October 20, 2003 (PDF)

INVESTING IN LOW-INCOME WORKERS MAKES SENSE: Boston Business Journal (Thomas Menino & Paul Grogan), September 12, 2003 (PDF)

GROUP LAUNCHES TRAINING PROGRAM, Boston Herald, September 11, 2003 (PDF)

A BOOST TO BETTER JOBS: Boston Globe, September 11, 2003

BOSTON FOUNDATION KICKS OFF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN: Boston Globe, September 11, 2003

PRESS RELEASES:

CANDIDATES FORUM TO FOCUS ON SKILLS TRAINING. June 19, 2006.

BUILDING A 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE: A Forum on Jobs and Opportunity with the Candidates for Governor. May 25, 2006.

SKILLWORKS ANNOUNCES GRANT TO ABCD FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER INITIATIVE: Grant focuses on improving quality of care by investing in frontline workers. April 13, 2006

PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCES $1.95 MILLION IN GRANTS: Workforce Development Initiative Ramps Up Effort to create new and better jobs: Boston, December 2, 2005

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY STUDY FINDS LITTLE PROGRESS SINCE 1990 in Moving Massachusetts Poor and Low-Income Families Toward Self-Sufficiency: Boston, MA, September 20, 2004

NEW NAME FOR PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE BOSTON for Workers and Employers: Boston, MA, September 7, 2004

MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE APPROVES JOB TRAINING FUNDS: Veto Override Provides Funding to Train Up to 1,500 People for Better Jobs: Boston, MA, February 12, 2004

PUBLIC/PRIVATE COLLABORATION ANNOUNCES OVER $5 MILLION IN GRANTS: Local and National Funders Join Efforts to Advance Workers to Better Jobs: Boston, MA, November 17, 2003

BOSTON'S LARGEST WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT LAUNCHED: Hailed as a National Model of Public/Private Collaboration: Boston, MA, September 10, 2003