Participate in online events for a variety of programmatic, skill-building and thought-provoking topics about housing and community development. Announcements for events are emailed approximately three weeks before each event.
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A registration link for each event will appear on this page 20 minutes before the event start time. Events are limited to the first 200 participants.
Thursday, December 11th, 2:00 PM (Eastern)
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Resources for funding community- and housing-based employment initiatives are hard to come by. Federal funding under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) is one source of state and local employment and training funding. However, WIA funding alone will rarely be effective for disadvantaged populations (e.g., the homeless and formerly homeless) unless you take local action to make your community’s Workforce Investment Board accountable for serving these groups.
Learn how to advocate for this commitment from your local WIB and also how to expand your horizons beyond WIA, to tap into other funding sources and enhance mainstream workforce partnerships. In addition, get a better understanding of current WIB obligations regarding services to low income and disadvantaged groups under WIA, and learn how advocates want to strengthen this commitment through proposed legislative changes.
- Learn how to get involved with your local WIB and influence its service priorities
- Gain increased understanding of how to make your WIB a champion for disadvantaged populations, through WIA and other employment funding it can bring to the local community
- Understand the current WIA landscape and learn about federal legislative advocacy to augment WIA resources for disadvantaged populations.
- Anyone interested in learning more about advocacy and strategies for garnering increased employment resources for the tenants of supportive housing
- Erin Healy, Senior Program Manager, Corporation for Supportive Housing, New York City
- Allegra Baider, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, D.C.
- Mark Putnam, Manager of Community Initiatives, Building Changes, Seattle, WA
- Joe Carbone, President and CEO, The Workplace, Inc., Bridgeport, CT
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