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Track: E&T Teacher Apprenticeships: State Workforce Agency Solutions to a National Challenge As the U.S. emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, school districts across the country have encountered significant teacher shortages. To address this challenge, state workforce agencies have l...

Laying the Foundation for America’s Infrastructure Workforce Following the passage of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, the U.S. is seeing a historic level of investment in the country's infrastructure. To support these investments, state workforce agencies across the nation...

What’s Happening In the VETS/JVSG/VA VR&E Space? As VR&E staff share caseloads across the nation, this has had an impact on how VR&E participants are referred to DVOPs for employment services. Hear about the initiatives taking place to ensure common practices are used among th...

Listening Session with USDOL VETS Leadership NOTE: These sessions are for state workforce agency staff only – SPACE is LIMITED. Registration & Name Badge are required to attend. SPEAKERS Sarah Bierman*, Deputy Director, Office of Grants and Trainings, Veterans Employment & Train...

What’s Happening In the VETS/JVSG/VA VR&E Space? To support the transition of more Veterans into Apprenticeship programs, the USDOL Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS), Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), Office of Apprenticeship (OA), and VA Veteran Readiness ...

In the United States, partnerships are a key governance tool to better connect state and local workforce development policies to the needs of the economy. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was designed improve coordination between and among agencies so that workers and jo...

Apprenticeships are often viewed as an effective training program to better link young people to good jobs. Given that young people are most vulnerable to changes in the future of work, it is important to consider how apprenticeships can be used to promote local economic development opport...

The future is work is now and it is fundamentally transforming economies across the United States. This session will explore both domestic and international lessons for how local policy makers can help both people and places deal with the transition from an industrial to a digital economy....

Do you want to increase productivity? Improve flexibility? Provide better customer service? Technology can be used to anticipate customer needs, tailor business processes, and improve productivity. Find out how states are using technology to handle customer service in efficient and cost-ef...

Rural workforce development is a critical area of focus in many states, even in states with smaller rural communities. Join this workshop to gain an understanding of both the challenges and opportunities! Learn what distinguishes the economic and labor market issues in rural regions; what ...