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Preparing residents for jobs and careers is one of the key ways the District of Columbia can shape its future. The District has more than 30 programs and services across a dozen city agencies that help prepare residents for work and assist them in job searches and placements. Some serve residents with varied skills and backgrounds, while others are targeted at specific groups, such as youth or residents with disabilities. –A Resource Map of the District’s Workforce Development Dollars |
Unemployment Still on the Rise in DC (DCFPI) An Issue Needing More Attention: The Streetcar’s Impact on Affordable Housing (District’s Dime) A Missing Element of the DC Streetcar Plan: Jobs (District’s Dime) |
Workforce Development Spotlight
Pulling Apart: Income Inequality In DC Continues to Increase
The gap between the rich and poor in DC has widened in the past few decades according to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The report, “Pulling Apart,” is a state-by-state analysis of growing income inequality over the last several decades. Its findings are particularly disturbing because the report takes [...]
Putting DC to Work: A Resource Map of the District’s Workforce Development Dollars
Preparing residents for jobs and careers is one of the key ways the District of Columbia can shape its future. Effectively using resources to helpDC residents learn new job skills, sharpen existing ones and match them with employers is critical not only to economic development but to reducing unemployment , lifting families out of poverty [...]
Mayor Gray and the DC Council: The Time to Start a Workforce Intermediary is Now!
Yesterday, Mayor Vincent C. Gray visited Yards Park, where he gave an update on his economic development agenda and announced several new businesses opening in the District. Between the new City Center DC mixed-use complex on the Old Convention Center site in Ward 2, retailers such as Harris Teeter and Potbelly opening in Yards Park [...]
Testimony
March 5th, 2012
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Performance Oversight Hearing on the Department of Human Services
November 25th, 2009
Testimony of Elissa Silverman, Communications and Policy Associate, for the Public Hearing on B18-420, “Unemployment Compensation Administration Modernization Amendment Act of 2009” and B18-455, “Unemployment Compensation Reform Act of 2009”
Testimony of Ed Lazere, Executive Director, At the Performance Oversight Hearing on the Department of Human Services
November 25th, 2009
Testimony of Elissa Silverman, Communications and Policy Associate, for the Public Hearing on B18-420, “Unemployment Compensation Administration Modernization Amendment Act of 2009” and B18-455, “Unemployment Compensation Reform Act of 2009”
Recent Reports
April 8th, 2013
Strengthening D.C.’s One-Stop Centers: The Next Step in Reforming Workforce Development in the District of Columbia
March 20th, 2013
We All Pay the Costs of Low-Wage Jobs: The DC Council Considers a Bill to Raise Retail Wages
May 22nd, 2012
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IMPROVING IN THE DISTRICT
February 28th, 2012
UNEMPLOYMENT STILL RISING IN THE DISTRICT
February 13th, 2012
Putting DC To Work: A Resource Map of the District’s Workforce Development Services
December 21st, 2011
JOB OPPORTUNITIES: DC Can Access Federal Funds to Expand Training Services Using the SNAP (Food Stamp) Program
Strengthening D.C.’s One-Stop Centers: The Next Step in Reforming Workforce Development in the District of Columbia
March 20th, 2013
We All Pay the Costs of Low-Wage Jobs: The DC Council Considers a Bill to Raise Retail Wages
May 22nd, 2012
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IMPROVING IN THE DISTRICT
February 28th, 2012
UNEMPLOYMENT STILL RISING IN THE DISTRICT
February 13th, 2012
Putting DC To Work: A Resource Map of the District’s Workforce Development Services
December 21st, 2011
JOB OPPORTUNITIES: DC Can Access Federal Funds to Expand Training Services Using the SNAP (Food Stamp) Program
