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WTFP Grantees Attain Positive Job Growth While State, National Numbers Fall

Employers that completed training initiatives through the Workforce Training Fund’s General Program in FY20 collectively added new jobs at a rate of 5.8 percent over their two-year grant periods, compared to job growth rates of -13.3 percent statewide and -7.9 percent nationwide during the same two-year period.

6 Questions: Online Competency-Based Fundamentals of Healthcare Program at SNHU

The DSRIP Statewide Investment Competency-Based Training Program aims to build the competence and confidence of the frontline healthcare workforce in order to improve the capacity of these workers to perform most effectively within team-based care models.

Pivoting from Hotel Housekeeping to Hospitals: 5 Questions with BEST Hospitality Training Center

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, like many organizations that provide training for workers, Boston Education Skills and Training (BEST) Corp. found their target industry in upheaval.

2020 “Safe Jobs for Youth” Poster Contest Winners Announced

Winners of the 2020 statewide “Safe Jobs for Youth” Poster Contest are each taking home cash prizes funded by Commonwealth Corporation for their creative posters that highlight the importance of workplace safety and health for teens.

New Pharmacy Technicians Graduate Training in Remote Ceremony

The first remote graduation in the history of JVS Boston began with applause sound effects and ended with a singalong to “Sweet Caroline,” celebrating the 15 new pharmacy technicians who started the training program in-person and finished it in online virtual classrooms due to COVID-19 pandemic, bolstering the healthcare workforce during the global coronavirus public health emergency.

$10M in Workforce Training Fund Program Grant Awards Announced

Leadership is like being the first egg cracked in an omelette.

Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito.

That’s one of the messages about assertiveness that Cherrell McKoy picked up as a trainee in a workforce leadership program that’s now being offered to employees at Brockton-based Father Bill’s & MainSpring, the nonprofit that provides shelter to the homeless and supportive housing throughout southeastern Massachusetts, including the emergency shelter in the downtown area.

CommCorp, MassHire Train Career Center Staff on Substance Use Disorder and Trauma-Informed Workforce Development Practice

This year, frontline MassHire Career Center staff received training on addiction recovery and trauma-informed approach to mental health to better understand the barriers that some customers are facing as they look for jobs in a tight labor market.

Learn to Earn Food Industry Program Graduates its First Class

The first group of students to enter JVS Boston’s Food Industry Training program, funded by a $325,000 Learn to Earn grant awarded by Commonwealth Corporation, received their ServSafe certificates at a graduation ceremony at Spaulding Hospital in Cambridge on Jan. 8.

CommCorp 2019 Year-In-Review

It’s been a busy year at Commonwealth Corporation! Here’s a look back at some of our accomplishments in 2019.

WCTF Contributes to National Disability Employment Awareness Month

The Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund team conducted a program design process for two grantees who received funding through the second round of Learn To Earn awards. Both programs, JVS and HMEA, intend to serve people with disabilities who are receiving public assistance.