Workforce Training

Gov. Steve Sisolak is proposing a two-year budget that reverses cuts to Medicaid and other key K-12 programs made last summer, after financial projections left the state at what officials are calling an “inconsistent, if not positive, ending point” for tax revenue.

Parents and caregivers are you working from home with kids climbing in your lap? Teens, are you now responsible for your younger siblings' schoolwork and your own?

CARSON CITY — The Western Nevada Development District, which assists communities in public and private partnerships, has been awarded $400,000 in CARES Act Recovery assistance to help respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and drive economic development planning going forward.

Retired Carson City teacher and longtime animal welfare advocate Lisa Schuette has announced her candidacy for Carson City Supervisor Ward 4. She is running for the seat currently held by John Barrette who is not seeking another term.

CARSON CITY — Western Nevada College, part of the Nevada System of Higher Education, announced that it has hired Erica Gallegos to manage the GreenBizTracker database and to supervise WNC interns who will be hired for the Nevada Green Business Program.

It’s official. On Thursday, Nevada joined the “Confluence of States,” a coalition of 16 bipartisan states centered on a set of shared principles, common values, and best practices surrounding outdoor recreation and conservation.

Nevada exceeded all its mandated performance measures for the 2nd quarter of 2018 in efforts to hire and train dislocated adults and youth as part of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, according to a report released Monday by the state's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.

CARSON CITY — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has completed his trip to Japan with the National Governors Association. Sandoval has now arrived in Australia for the second leg of his journey.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Arturo Ortiz, 25, spent eight years in a bakery, missing family gatherings and holidays due to work hours that didn’t always align with his family’s schedule.

UPDATE: Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell presented the Carson City Chamber of Commerce annual State of The City address Wednesday at the Gold Dust West banquet hall. Here is the video presentation and complete transcript, his seventh State of The City address.

The Carson City Library is in the running for the National Medal for Museum and Library Service, which “honors outstanding libraries and museums that contribute significantly to the wellbeing of their communities.”

There really can be too much of a good thing. For one Carson City area non-profit, the growth of its programs and services has prompted it to search for a larger space.

There really can be too much of a good thing. For one Carson City area non-profit, the growth of its programs and services has prompted it to search for a larger space.

Governor Brian Sandoval and the Office of Science, Innovation and Technology (OSIT) today announced $1,000,000 in STEM Workforce Challenge Grants to Nevada training providers throughout the state.

Here is the 2017 State of the State presented by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval.

A program offering paid, local internships for University of Nevada, Reno students will be recognized at the NCET Tech Awards Thursday. Elizabeth Loun, the Pack Internship Grant Program’s executive director will receive the “Workforce Catalyst of the Year” award from the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada.

CARSON CITY — State lawmakers Thursday dissected details of two bills that would give Faraday Future hundreds of millions of dollars in tax credits and abatements, and establish a workforce training program to prepare Nevadans to work at the electric car maker's $1 billion assembly plant proposed for the Apex industrial site in Southern Nevada.

New Millennium Building Solutions is expanding its Northern Nevada operations in Fallon, the Northern Nevada Development Authority announced Thursday. New Millennium recently began a two phase expansion at its current facility and will hire up to 17 additional employees over the next six months.

Tour our technical training labs and hands-on classrooms - See the future! There will be an open house for Career and Technology programs at WNC, Oct. 23, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

The Career & Technical Education division at WNC offers a Bachelor of Technology degree, Associate of Applied Science degrees, certificates of achievement, and preparation for industry certification and licensing.

UPDATE: A story published Wednesday by the Library Journal's Lisa Peet provides an update on the certification program offered through the Carson City Library, the Carson City School District and Western Nevada College.

If you are currently receiving
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
or if you have recently exhausted your benefits, you may be eligible to receive workforce training services at no cost.
If interested, please stop by or call the Carson City JOIN office.
Orientation for JOIN services will be held on the
1st and 3rd Friday each month at 10:00AM.

If you are currently receiving unemployment benefits or have recently exhausted your benefits, you may be eligilble to receive workforce training services at no cost.

If interested, please stop by or call the Carson City JOIN, Inc office. Orientation for JOIN services will be held on January 10,2014 at 10:AM.

Location is 1925 N. Carson Street; 775-283-0125.

CARSON CITY — Western Nevada College students will have more opportunities to prepare for skilled technical jobs in the coming years, following Wednesday's announcement of a $1,567,530 grant workforce training grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. It is part of $474.5 million in grants to community colleges and universities around the country for the development and expansion of innovative training programs.

JOIN, Inc. in Carson City recently launched the National Work Readiness Credential and recently had its pilot class of four JOIN clients pass the assessment and receive the credential.

Join Molly for a Meet & Greet on Monday, October 15 from 5-7pm at Firkin & Fox. Meet Molly and learn more about her continued goals for Carson City:

Join Molly for a Meet & Greet on Thursday, October 4 from 5-7pm at Cafe At Adele’s

Meet Molly and learn more about her continued goals for Carson City:
• A safe and family-friendly community for all ages of Carson City citizens
• Quality education, workforce training, and business development
• Tourism through outdoor recreation, sporting events and the preservation of
our history

Your $20 donation includes appetizers and one drink (wine or beer).
We look forward to seeing you at Cafe At Adele’s!
1112 N. Carson Street, Carson City, NV

CARSON CITY – More than $27 million in federal job training funds were awarded to two local workforce development boards by the Board of Examiners today despite ongoing concerns about how the money is being spent by the Southern Nevada board, called Workforce Connections.

CARSON CITY – Nevada has been selected by the National Governors Association to receive a $65,000 grant and additional technical assistance to implement Common Core State Standards at the postsecondary education level.

CARSON CITY – Local elected officials representing the Northern Nevada workforce development agency have endorsed a plan to restructure the delivery of job training funds to Nevadans, including eliminating the two local boards now involved in the process.

CARSON CITY – The Governor’s Workforce Investment Board today unanimously approved a plan to consolidate two local boards in an effort to free up $5 million in federal funds to train the unemployed.

The move, which requires approval from the U.S. Department of Labor, is opposed by Workforce Connections, the Southern Nevada workforce investment board.