https://newdealleaders.org Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:00:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://newdealleaders.org/idea/colorado-representative-meghan-lukens-and-senator-jeff-bridges-sponsored-a-bipartisan-workforce-development-law-aiming-to-connect-coloradans-with-in-demand-jobs-in-construction/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:00:09 +0000 https://newdealleaders.org/?post_type=idea&p=32237 Colorado: The Colorado Governor signed a bipartisan workforce development bill this week, sponsored by Representative Meghan Lukens and Senator Jeff Bridges. The bill supports Opportunity Now grants and aims to connect Coloradans with in-demand and high-wage jobs in construction. It also creates the Regional Talent Summit Grant Program that offers workforce shortage tax credits to elevate training facilities and equipment through federal investments for emerging fields laid out in the CHIPS and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Acts.

]]> https://newdealleaders.org/idea/mayor-tishaura-jones-announced-grant-for-community-services-to-find-employment-for-unhoused-individuals/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:10:34 +0000 https://newdealleaders.org/?post_type=idea&p=31944 Missouri: Mayor Tishaura Jones announced that St. Louis will award a $450,000 grant to Peter & Paul Community Services to find employment for unhoused individuals, saying “A program like this is a win for our city … (it gives) them access to employment on a path to permanent supported housing.” Jobs include cutting grass, collecting trash, and supporting other public projects. The effort is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act.

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