In King County, Washington the Workforce Development Council and the King County Work Training Program, have created the YouthSource program. YouthSource is a consortium of youth providers offering a full array of opportunities and programs focusing on education, employment and leadership. These services include connections to a full array of youth programs, links to community resources for life stabilization, job readiness & placement and comprehensive case management.

In July 2008, YouthSource received the U.S. Department of Labor's Recognition of Excellence Award in the "connecting America’s youth to the workforce" category at the national 2008 Workforce Innovations Conference.

Key to the success of any regional economy is the ability of employers to upgrade the skills of their existing or incumbent employees. These investments avert lay offs, promote profitability while offering employees a chance to for career and wage growth.

Many sates have incumbent worker training programs and this article features the Incumbent Worker Training Program (IWTP) operated by the Louisiana Workforce Commission in a partnership with business and industry and training providers. The program is funded with Unemployment Insurance funds dedicated to customized training and accesses the Louisiana college system and other trainers to identify and deliver the training best designed to meet each employers needs.

To learn more about employer focused training go to http://www.workforce3one.org/public/_shared/detail.cfm?id=4659&simple=false

Vanderbilt Peabody College Dean Camilla Benbow spoke at the National Science and Technology Summit at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on August 19, 2008.

Benbow was invited to participate in the event by John H. Marburger III, director of the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy. She was a member of the panel, "K-12 Education: Sparking Student Interest and Teacher Training Programs."

The overall theme for the Aug. 18-19 summit is "Science, Technology, and American Competitiveness: Progress and Direction Forward." Called for by the 2007 America COMPETES Act, it will examine the health and direction of the U.S. science and technology enterprise and review progress made toward meeting the goals set out by the act and by the president’s American Competitiveness Initiative.

This document is a white paper Benbow prepared for the summit, "Fostering Innovation: The National Math Panel and Beyond."

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This article describes The Charleston County Detention Center Welding Initiative, a public/private partnership formed by the Trident Workforce Investment Board, Protected Vehicles, Inc. (PVI), the Charleston County Detention Center, readySC and Trident Technical College to develop a pre release vocational training program designed to recruit, test, and train welders needed to meet the growing workforce demands.

With a focus on disseminating products and resources, the Employment and Training Administration would like to ensure that CareerVoyages.gov, now in its fourth year, is fully utilized by the state and local workforce investment system. The purpose of this Webinar is to increase awareness and greater understanding of the Web site among select states, and gather feedback regarding how this site can be used by, and in conjunction with, state (and local) career exploration programs. Link exchange is the most basic way to partner but Web services and collaboration on content will be the primary focus of this discussion. Examples of industry partnerships will be provided as a model as well as the current partnership with New York State Department of Labor and the NYCareerzone.org Web site.