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SKILLWORKS LAUNCHES GREEN AUTOMOTIVE JOBS PROGRAM
July 12, 2011.

GREEN JOB CREATION SUPPORTED BY SKILLWORKS
February 9, 2011.

SKILLWORKS RECEIVES $600,000 GRANT FROM WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND
December 16, 2010.

GUBERNATORIAL FORUM ON JOBS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 28th
September 17, 2010.

NEW REPORT: LARGEST PORTION OF JOB OPENINGS PROJECTED FOR MA BY 2016 ARE "MIDDLE-SKILL"
July 14, 2010.

SKILLWORKS ANNOUNCES GREEN JOBS INITIATIVE
May 25, 2010.

NATIONAL WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS WEEK, MARCH 8-14
March 8, 2010.

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

What’s New at SkillWorks

 


Governor Patrick's State of the State address focuses on middle-skill jobs. The Governor proposed sweeping changes to the community college system , focusing on how colleges can help address the state's middle-skill gap, which the Skills2Compete MA has highlighted for the past 18 months. Read more.

Thanks to everyone who testified or submitted written testimony on behalf of the Middle Skills Solutions Act (SB921/ HB2713) at our recent hearing before the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development . We had a great turnout, with committee members in attendance expressing their full support for the bill. Read more about the hearing and stay in touch with our efforts to pass the bill!

Join the Skills2Compete-Massachusetts campaign to ensure that every Massachusetts resident has access to the equivalent of at least two years of education or training past high school and the support they need to complete such training.
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