GAO Report: Options for Improving Equity in State Grants and Considerations for Performance Incentives
State vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies play a crucial role in helping individuals with disabilities obtain employment. In fiscal year 2008, the Department of Education (Education) distributed over $2.8 billion in grants to state agencies, using a funding formula that was last revised in 1978. Questions have been raised about whether this formula is outdated, allocates funds equitably, and adequately accounts for state agencies' performance. (10/05/09) |
GAO Report: Better Incentives, Workforce Planning, and Performance Reporting Could Improve Voc Rehab Program
GAO recommends that Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment consider cost-effective options to align the program's financial incentives with its employment mission as well as engage in a strategic workforce planning process that collects and uses relevant data. (01/26/09) |
NASWA and DisabilityInfo.gov
On the 18th anniversay of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the web site DisabilityInfo.gov has added more than 2,000 new links to state-level resources. (07/09/08) |
Grant Funding Opportunity to Provide Alternative Education, Training and Apprenticeships to Youthful Offenders
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has announced a competition for approximately $20 million in funding for grants to provide alternative education, training and apprenticeships to youthful offenders. (05/04/07) |
Nine States Eligible to Apply for WIA Incentive Awards
The Department of Labor, in collaboration with the Department of Education, has announced that nine states are eligible to apply for Workforce Investment Act (WIA) incentive awards under the WIA regulations. (05/01/07) |
Assistant Director for Domestic Social Policy, Congressional Research Service, Library Of Congress
The Congressional Research Service is seeking candidates for the position of Assistant Director for Domestic Social Policy. The Domestic Social Policy Division comprises six research and policy groups: Children and Families, Domestic Security and Immigration, Education and Labor, Health Insurance and Financing, Health Services Research and Aging Policy, and Income Support & Research Development. The Division has a staff of more than 100 researchers and policy analysts. (04/26/07) |
Workforce Bulletin - April 20,2007
JOB CENTRAL NATIONAL LABOR EXCHANGE PARTNERSHIP WITH STATES GROWS STEADILY, WAYNE FRANKLIN, FORMER NASWA PRESIDENT, KILLED IN TRAGIC AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, NFIB SCHOLARSHIP NAMED FOR PHYLLIS K. KENNEDY (AL) AND MORE NEWS ON THE NATIONS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM. (04/21/07) |
New Department of Labor Grant to Aid Ex-Prisoners
Preparing Ex-Offenders for the Workplace Through Beneficiary-Choice Contracting; Solicitation for Grant Applications (04/17/07) |
ETA Announces State Allotments for PY 2007 for WIA Title I Programs, Wagner-Peyser, Tax Credit Programs
The Employment and Training Administration has announced states' allotments for PY 2007 (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008) for WIA Title I Youth, Adults and Dislocated Worker Activities programs; additional PY 2007 funding from WIA Section 173(e) for eligible states; final allotments for Employment Service (ES) activities under the Wagner-Peyser Act for PY 2007; and Work Opportunity Tax Credit and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credit program allotments for FY 2007. (04/06/07) |
Urban Institute Book Looks at Preparing Workforce for Labor Market Turmoil
The following article appeared in the February 26, 2007 edition of "AScribe the Public Internet Newswire." (03/08/07) |
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