Montana Green-Ready Workforce Competency Model

An American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Energy Training Partnership grant recipient, Montana Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, is using its grant to targets current craft workers in need of skill upgrades. The success of the grant project to date was the ability to submit a grant proposal that included ten different Joint Apprenticeship & Training Councils (JATCs) from across the state.

ANNOUNCED: U.S. Department of Energy's Retrofit Ramp-Up Awards

25 communities were elected for up to $452 million in Recovery Act funding to “ramp-up” energy efficiency building retrofits. Under the Department of Energy’s Retrofit Ramp-Up initiative, communities, governments, private sector companies and non-profit organizations will work together on pioneering and innovative programs for concentrated and broad-based retrofits of neighborhoods and towns – and eventually entire states. These partnerships will support large-scale retrofits and make energy efficiency accessible to hundreds of thousands of homeowners and businesses. The following governments and non-profit organizations have been selected for Retrofit Ramp-Up awards. These projects are planned to begin in fall 2010. Final award amounts are subject to negotiation: * Austin, Texas - $10 million * Boulder County, Colorado - $25 million * Camden, New Jersey - $5 million * Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning - $25 million * Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance, Ohio - $17 million * Greensboro, North Carolina - $5 million * Indianapolis, Indiana - $10 million * Kansas City, Missouri - $20 million * Los Angeles County, California - $30 million * Lowell, Massachusetts - $5 million * State of Maine - $30 million * State of Maryland - $20 million * State of Michigan - $30 million * State of Missouri - $5 million * Omaha, Nebraska - $10 million * State of New Hampshire - $10 million * New York State Research and Development Authority - $40 million * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - $25 million * Phoenix, Arizona - $25 million * Portland, Oregon - $20 million * San Antonio, Texas - $10 million * Seattle, Washington - $20 million * Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance - $20 million * Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, Ohio - $15 million * Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation - $20 million

US Department of Labor announces nearly $190 million in State Energy Sector Partnership and Training Grants

DOL Announces $55 Million in Green Jobs Grants

Recovery Act Funding Now Available Through Green Jobs Corps Grant Competition

The California Recovery Task Force has announced the availability of up to $10 million in Recovery Act funding for job training grants within the Governor’s newly created California Green Jobs Corps.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) and Registered Apprenticeship: Yes You Can!

The Office of Apprenticeship, with the states of Kansas and Washington, will highlight areas of TEGL 14-08 that incorporate Registered Apprenticeship into policies regarding the activities authorized under the Recovery Act and the Workforce Investment Act. The Webinar will highlight those areas and provide examples from the states of Kansas and Washington on state and local registered apprenticeship activities that can be funded within TEGL 14-08. Areas to be discussed will include: An Overview of TEGL 14-08 - Specifically areas where Registered Apprenticeship is identified by the Office of Apprenticeship Administrator John Ladd. State-wide Policy and Strategic Planning - Liz Smith will discuss Washington State's strategies that utilize Registered Apprenticeship. This is based on state evaluations showing Registered Apprenticeship tops all workforce programs in wages and outcomes. Resource Alignment - Linda Sorrell will highlight Kansas strategies to leverage resources through collaborations between the public workforce system and Registered Apprenticeship. Service Delivery - Linda Sorrell will show how Kansas has incorporated Registered Apprenticeship into the public workforce system’s service delivery operations as part of daily business. Linda Sorrell and Liz Smith will highlight areas where Registered Apprenticeship and the public workforce system are addressing the skill needs of businesses within the green technologies sectors; and highlight areas where pre-apprenticeships are being utilized to help create a pipeline of workers prepared with 21st century skills.

Bringing Home the Green Economy: A User’s Guide to the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Green For All and PolicyLink have prepared this User’s Guide to assist local and state advocates, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and policymakers in making the best use of recovery dollars. The guide is organized into four parts: The Recovery Act: A Bird’s Eye View Recommendations for Equitable Implementation Advocacy Hooks and Pressure Points Overview of Green Recovery Programs