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Incumbent Worker Grants Help Businesses Stay Competitive (March 11, 2010) The federal Workforce Investment Act funds grants to businesses to pay for worker training. The goals of the grant funding are to enhance workers’ skills and to help businesses become more competitive. The State of North Carolina has recently issued revisions to the incumbent worker grant program. To read the current guidelines and see the application, click to the Business Services section of this website and scroll down to Incumbent Worker Grants. If you are interested in applying for a grant, contact Ruby Greene at 828-265-5434, ext. 129 or rgreene@regiond.org. Previous Headlines HC WDB Receives National Workforce Alliance Award Brushy Mountain Bee Farm Receives Award Extreme Entrepreneur Tour Comes to ASU Workforce Development Staff Changes Mitchell County and MCC Featured in TV Documentary Workforce Development Board Changes Annual Alfred Adams Leadership Awards HC WDB Represented at National Workforce Forum Watch Local Residents on WRAL-TV Initial Meeting for Future Forward Workforce Alliance Workforce System Responds to Tyson Foods Lay-off High Country WDB to Participate in Networking Grant HCWDB Sponsors EO Training AREA BUSINESS AWARDED GRANT HIGH COUNTRY WDB PRESENTS BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM HIGH COUNTRY PARTICIPATES IN NC EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSOCATION CONFERENCE Nominations for 2008 Governor's Awards for Excellance in Workforce Development Availability of Request For Proposals for Follow-Up Services May is National Workforce Development Professionals Month One-Third of NC Working Families Are Low-Income AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FORM REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP HIGH COUNTRY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD ELECTS OFFICERS HIGH COUNTRY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS PLANS CONTINUE FOR NETWORKING EVENT High Country Workforce Board Director Selected for Academy NC Rural Center Drop Out Roundtable Growth in Manufacturing? Want your GED or Adult High School Diploma Will the New Minimum Wage Help? Employability Lab: Resume and Job Search Assistance Build Your Community Network Event a Success! Taking the Pulse of the Region’s Allied Health Careers No Youth Council Meeting in September High Country Graduation Rates and Adequate Yearly Progress Measurement High Country Regional Unemployment Rate Highest in Five Years HCWDB Award-Winning Leadership New Faces for High Country Workforce Development Board 2nd Annual Ashe County Job Fair Local Business Featured in State Report High Country Workforce Programs Achieve Federal Performance Measures Workforce Challenges Presentation Now Available on WDB Website What is a Career Readiness Credential Train Your Workers! NC Workforce Development Partnership Conference Future Forward Workforce Alliance Sponsors Multi-Region Event Ashe Industry Appreciation Luncheon Watauga JobLink Welcomes New ESC Manager HCWDB Performance Measures Highlights Workforce Development Board Youth Council hosts CFNC Training CFNC Training in Workforce Development Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Closing Dr. Helen Parker, USDOL, Visits the High Country OnTrack: Financial Education and Counseling Career Connections Grand Opening in Wilkesboro Appalachian Students Win National Entrepreneurial Contest Appalachian Enterprise Center to Hold Small Business Financing Forum High-Performing Board Standards Review Workforce Consortium Meeting Scheduled for January 29, 2009 High Country Workforce Board Issues Solicitation for Letter(s) of Intent Workforce Development Consortium Names New Chief Elected Official INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY High Country Unemployment Rates - Updated NC Sustainable Energy Forum Held in Raleigh February WDB Meeting to Feature WIRED HCWDB to Host Community Forum on Energy Interactive Job Growth Map - Updated Proposed Legislation Requires NC Employers to Use E-Verify Program WIRED Presentation at February 12 WDB Meeting High Country Workforce Development Board Hosts Energy Forum High Country Workforce Development Board Staff Receive Certification Helpful Websites for Job-Seeking and Job Survival High Country Workforce Development Board Recognized as a High-Performing Workforce Development Board Incumbent Worker Training Grant Awarded High Country WDB Staff Attend National Association of Workforce Boards Forum High Country Receives Stimulus Funds for Workforce Development High Country Unemployment Rate Information - Updated March 19, 2009 High Country Unemployment Rate Information - Updated April 1, 2009 Congratulations to Wilkes JobLink!! Summer Youth Program Applicant Information HCWDB Stimulus Funding - Updated Website Job Search Toolkit Provides Great Resources for Job Seekers Get REAL Youth Participants Receive Career Readiness Certificate Report Details Board’s Progress on Strategic Plan Goals Workforce Development Plan Modification Available for Comment New Updated Unemployment Rates May Is National Workforce Development Professionals Month Current FAFSA Application Asks About Dislocated Workers Wilkes, Mitchell Counties To Benefit from Golden LEAF Funds Public Comment Period is Open for State Energy Program Perdue Recommends ARC Funding for Several High Country Projects Start Your Own Business Workshops in Ashe County Begin May 19 Business Creation Increased in 2008, Despite Recession WIA Participant Wins Prestigious Community College Award BIG Idea Summit June 4 U.S. Census Bureau Recruiting for Six Managerial Positions in Boone State Unemployment Rate Holds Steady in April Workforce Investment Act Plan Modification Addresses Recovery Act Funding New High Country Unemployment Rates Released Wilkes JobLink Participates in Business Expo Well Done, Carole! Federal Training Grant Helps Local Business Increase Sales by $2 Million Minimum Wage Increases July 24, 2009 Boone Chamber of Commerce Requests Input from Business Owners N.C. Unemployment Rate Climbs To 11.1 Percent In May High Country Workforce Development Board Launches RecoveryInTheHighCountry.com WorkPath Website Promotes Career Readiness Certificate Watauga County: Certified Entrepreneurial Community New County Unemployment Rates Jobs Now!! See What We’ve Been Doing—New Status Updates Posted July 2 Division of Workforce Development Approves Plan Modification for ARRA Funding June Unemployment in N.C. Down Slightly, Unemployment Benefits Claims Up Grant Opportunity: Training and Placement in Healthcare and Other High-Growth and Emerging Industries Golden LEAF Extends Golden LEAF Opportunities for Work Deadline HCWDB Area Unemployment Rate Finally Lower Than NC; Five Counites See Decrease Four New Members Take Their Seats on the High Country Workforce Development Board Maximum Weekly Unemployment Benefit Increased August 1 Key City Furniture: Poised To Go Lean Federal Grant Will Help Watauga Opportunities Grow Its Medical Manufacturing Operation Blue Ridge Regional Rated in Top 20 Percent of Hospitals Nationwide N.C. Ranks at the Top in Department of Labor’s ARRA Readiness Assessment WRAL-TV Profiles Yancey County Quilt Trail Performance Measures Update for PY 2008 Goals Posted Interactive Job Growth Map Updated with First Quarter 2009 Data Wilkes Woman Wins State Workforce Development Award New County Unemployment Rates; Decreases Seen in the High Country Key City Furniture Incumbent Worker Grant Article Makes Front Page of Wilkes Journal-Patriot New Report Identifies Hot Jobs in Healthcare, Energy, Education, IT—And Many Do Not Require a Bachelor's Degree Report: Health Care Employment Stable During Recession, Poised for Growth with Recovery We’re Moving September 14 to 18 Dedication of Applied Technology Center at Wilkes Community College Sept. 17 Work Trends: Women’s Pay Inequality Impacts Families in Recession Rural Center Has New ARRA Grant Program To Aid Laid-Off Workers Disability Stakeholders & WIA Listening Session October 1 State Board of Community Colleges Approves Admissions Policy for Undocumented Immigrants National Employ the Older Worker Week Is Sept. 21 to 25 Unemployment Rate Drops in All Seven High Country Counties in August Fall Edition of Occupational Outlook Quarterly Includes an Article about a Solar Photovoltaic Installer N.C. To Receive $5.6 Million Grant for State Unemployment Insurance Technology Infrastructure New Census Numbers Show Beginning of Recession Impact High Country Award Winner, Summer Youth Participants Featured in DWD Annual Report Gates Corporation Wins Prestigious NC State Award Presentation: Home Protection Loan Program for Dislocated Workers October 13 Board Solicits Letters of Intent for Providing Youth Services in Four Counties High Country Youth Participant Recognized at Annual Partnership Conference Two Presentations: Working with Criminal Backgrounds/Business Tax Credits on October 21 JOBS Commission Launches October 12 Work Trends: Women in the Labor Force N.C. Unemployment Stays at 10.8 Percent in September Recovery Through Retrofit: A Positive Step Forward for Green Jobs Fall Swap Meet: A New Perspective on Ex-Offenders and Their Challenges Strategic Plan Quarterly Update—July to September 2009—Is Now Available September Unemployment Rates Decrease in Five High Country Counties CFNC.org—Not Just for High School Students Older Low-Income Workers Face Historic Crisis Congress Passes Unemployment Benefits Extension New Disability Resource Is Designed for Workforce Professionals Three for Three! All High Country Incumbent Worker Grants Funded ‘Employ A Vet Week’ Is November 8 to 14 Wilkes JobLink Rechartered Perdue Announces I Hire Military Campaign Next Career Readiness(CRC) exam date Two High Country Companies Receive Green Business Fund Grants NC Receives $1 Million in Recovery Act Green Jobs Competitive Grants Gates Corporation Featured in NC State Newsletter Boham Appointed to N.C. Commission on Workforce Development U.S. Department of Labor Releases Updated Employment Law Guide Rural Center Innovation Grants—Letter of Intent Deadline December 31 N.C. Employers May Reduce 2010 UI Tax Rates Unemployment Rates Rise in All High Country Counties in October Brushy Mountain Bee Farm Named 2009 Small Business of the Year Caldwell County Featured on National Public Radio Lean Comes to the Hospital—Cannon Memorial Receives Federal Training Grant to Continue Its Lean Transformation N.C. Green Business Fund Solicits Innovative Proposals by January 19 Five High Country Counties Receive Dropout Prevention Grants 2010-11 Editions of The Occupational Outlook Handbook and The Career Guide To Industries Are Available Online Local Census Jobs Available—Recruiting at the Watauga JobLink on Fridays High Country Unemployment Remains High; Local Census Jobs Offer Temporary Reprieve The New FAFSA Is Here—Local FAFSA Help Sessions Scheduled for February 13 Two Maps Paint the Picture of Job Growth and Job Loss Perdue Announces Small Business and Education Initiatives N.C.’s Unemployment Rate Increases To 11.2 Percent U.S. Dept. of Labor Awards Regional Innovation Grant to High Country Workforce Development Board Call for Ashe Career Fair Participants: Help Students Learn about Local Opportunities and Expectations Project Reentry Is Coming to Wilkes To Help Ex-Offenders Appalachian State University and Employment Security Commission To Conduct Job Application Workshops Beginning Feb. 9 Participate in the Green Jobs Survey for Western NC December Unemployment Rates Jump in All High Country Counties ASU Requests Business Owners’ Participation in Survey U.S. Department of Labor Posts Best Tools for America’s Job Seekers U.S. Department of Labor Grant Focuses on Turning Green into Gold in WNC Good News for Small Business: A New Contracting Advantage and a Small Business Commissioner Federal Grants Available for Business Training To Increase Competiveness and Employee Skills Governor Perdue Appoints New ESC Chair Three Resources—One Is Local—To Help Businesses Export Their Products March Offers Numerous Resources for Entrepreneurs Recently Updated Workforce Board Resources Page Includes Pointers to Career Assistance Resources e-Avery Seeks Input on Broadband Access To Encourage Google to Build a Test Network in the County ASU Renews Request for Local Business Owners To Complete a Short Survey Incumbent Worker Grants Help Businesses Stay Competitive N.C. Unemployment Rises to 11.1 Percent in January Customer Service Academy U.S. Department of Labor Releases Report on Youth Summer Jobs Initiative North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Survey Is Available Potential Career Paths for WIA Participants January Unemployment Rates Spike in All High Country Counties Bureau of Labor Statistics Tackles the Definition of Green Jobs Program Year 2010 High Country Workforce Investment Act Plan North Carolina’s Unemployment Rate Increases to 11.2 Percent in February Program Year 2010 High Country Workforce Investment Act Plan Available for Public Comment N.C. High Speed Rail Business Opportunity Workshop April 21 Lt. Governor To Conduct Small Business Forum in Wilkes County April 21 February Unemployment Rates in Six of Seven High Country Counties Significantly Above State’s 11.2 Percent Rate HCWDB Receives Program Year 2010 Allocations Congratulations to the Hard-Working Staff at the Employment Security Commission! The HCWDB Requesting Letters of Intent North Carolina’s March Unemployment Rate Drops Slightly To 11.1 Percent The High Country Workforce Development Board Requests Letters of Intent March Unemployment Rates Drop in All Seven High Country Counties Avery Joblink New Location Employment Security Commission New Schedule Get REAL Career Coach Back in Alleghany JobLink Get REAL Youth Services Schedule May Is Workforce Development Professionals Month North Carolina’s April Unemployment Rate Drops for Second Straight Month Mitchell Joblink Can Help! National Unemployment Rate Falls Welcome ........ Benefit Bank of North Carolina Board seeks applications for Energy Sector Business Services Representative Congratulations to Area Businesses NC Unemplyment Rate drops to 10.3% HCWDB Elects New Officers County Unemployment Rates Drop in May NC Department of Commerce Energy Office Announces Grant Award United Chemicon Receives NC Star Safety Award Encouraging Parnterships Between Workforce System and Public Libraries A New Chapter for Local Woman County Unemployment Rates for June: Not Much Change Meet the Mitchell JobLink Staff 2008-2011 Strategic Plan Update Champions of Green HCWDB Receives $400,000 for On-The-Job Training Labor Day New EDC President for Wilkes County Five Local WIA Participants Graduate The High Country Workforce Development Board Requests Letters of Intent Ashe ESC News New WIA Schedule Beginning in September New County Unemployment Rates Released Welcome Adrian Tait! High County Workforce Development Board Staff Participates in Regional Library System Training Jobless Rates Rise Nationwide Even as Companies Add Workers Microsoft Elevate America Community Initiative RFP

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