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There are four big things happening at once, which is what makes this so complicated and consequential.

Subsidized Child Care program expanded with emphasis on industries hit hardest by the pandemic.

State adds 39,300 jobs over the month.

Small businesses say they can’t answer an increase in demand without an increase in workers.

Getting more people back into the workforce probably means revamping the hiring process from a focus on what applicants lack or algorithm-based decisions, and more toward the value, talent and transferable skills applicants can bring to a company.

The law goes into effect immediately.

Vaccinations can help people return to the workforce.

A few of the recent additions to the TAWB website include:

TAWB works with other state and national partners to ensure that legislation and policy that comes from Washington, D.C. has the effect of building up the workforce system, ensuring that local and state flexibility are maintained in the operation of the program, and that good outcomes are developed for the businesses and communities that local workforce boards serve. TAWB also provides resources for members and our workforce partners to increase their knowledge of critical workforce development issues and support their efforts in communicating to public officials on these issues. Recent additions include:

What if your child could learn to code on a Little League IT team the way future Major Leaguers learn to hit, catch, and throw on Little League baseball teams? That’s an idea Terrence Robinson of Success Pathways Alliance would embrace. He recently wrote a blog for JFF that challenges the traditional thinking about how we introduce children to careers. 

As an update to a prior report, the Texas Workforce Investment Council prepared this study on the demographic characteristics of mature workers (age 55 and older) in Texas. This is a summary of that report.

Determine if you check all the boxes when it comes to handling your obligations.

This report prepared by the Texas Workforce Investment Council provides demographic and occupation-related benchmarks of allied health occupations in the United States and Texas. The report includes analysis of population trends, demographic characteristics, and labor market and education data for the allied health labor force. This is a summary of that report.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to accelerate changes in the labor market, community and technical colleges are increasingly seen as essential institutions to provide workforce education. While two-year institutions have the reach, scale and infrastructure to deliver the upskilling that will be needed in years ahead, policymakers are challenged with a lack of data on workforce education. To address this information gap, Opportunity America, in collaboration with the Lumina Foundation and Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, recently published a report on noncredit and credit workforce education programs using survey responses from more than 600 public two-year institutions.

Monthly newsletter produced by TWC Labor Market and Career Information Department covering issues relating to the Texas economy.

The Center for Work Ethic Development brings to you both, Bring Your 'A' Game and the brand-new, online Bring Your ‘A’ Game Anywhere. Both training programs build the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic that employers demand. Developed with the unique needs and challenges of workforce development in mind, the two solutions give you the flexibility to deal with our new reality and prepare participants to earn their Certificate of Work Ethic Proficiency. Workplace skills will be even more important for job seekers in the days ahead and now you can develop them in person or online!

C2 Global Professional Services was founded to offer a viable, and now successfully proven, alternative to what is available in terms of service providers. We look for Workforce Investment Board partners to commit to working beyond workforce dogma to improve communities, invest in staff development to achieve exceptional customer service and invest in innovation and technology to improve the system.

iCEV Multimedia has specialized in providing quality CTE curriculum and educational resources for over 35 years. In 2012, CEV introduced iCEV, an online platform revolutionizing the way CEV produces and delivers educational content. iCEV is the most comprehensive online resource for CTE educators and students offering learning-on-demand features, video clips streaming and testing and grading capabilities to any device with Internet capabilities. Additionally, iCEV acts as a certification testing platform for industry certifications. Recognized companies and trade associations such as Southwest Airlines, Express Employment Professionals, Elanco and BASF utilize iCEV as the testing platform for their certifications.

The Conover Company has been developing tools for over 40 years to help workforce professionals assess and train their clients with the social and emotional skills for success. Their online tools help you stay focused on outcomes by making sure the assessments drive training so it is meaningful for every individual client you serve and you get the results you are looking for.

Equus Workforce Solutions: Our dedicated and passionate team of 2,500+ workforce

professionals puts the industry's best practices to work across more than 350 North American

locations, assisting approximately 1.9 million job seekers and thousands of employers annually.

Together with our partners and collaborators, we work every day to change lives, advance

economies, and help communities thrive.

Grant Associates is a national, award-winning workforce development company. Since opening our doors in 1997, we have collaborated with government agencies to develop workforce programs and solutions that create the opportunities that advance job seekers, businesses and local economies, all with exceptional results. At Grant Associates, we know every community's workforce needs are unique. With proven models and in active partnership with government, Grant Associates' mission is to tailor solutions that build workforce capacity, proving over the past two decades that our approach helps a community reach its true potential.

Metrix Learning® is an online learning platform designed to meet the needs of states, workforce boards, and their customers. Learners can assess their job skills, remediate skill gaps, and take over 100 certification training programs to prepare for new employment opportunities. Metrix Learning® offers over 6,000 online courses, career pathways tools, digital badges, gamification, and is integrated with WorkInTexas.