Webinar Recordings Focus on Using Recovery Act Funds to Train Green Workers

NALGEP
nalgep@spiegelmcd.com
09/04/09

On June 24, 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration released five solicitations for grant application (SGAs) totaling $500 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for worker training and placement in green industries and sectors.

The New York State Department of Labor recently hosted two webinars that presented an overview of these funding opportunities and detailed the grant application requirements. The webinars focused in particular on two of the SGAs: the Energy Training Partnership and Pathways Out of Poverty.

-The Energy Training Partnership webinar discussed this $100 million funding opportunity to provide training and placement services in energy efficiency and renewable energy.
-The Pathways Out of Poverty webinar described this $150 million funding opportunity to create pathways out of poverty and into employment in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other green industries.

Both webinars were recorded and are available now for viewing by the public. In order to access these webinars, please visit: https://nysdol.webex.com/mw0305l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=nysdol.

Once on the site, click "Recorded Sessions" in the left-hand navigation bar. After you have selected the webinar you are interested in viewing from the list, you will be asked to enter the recording password, which is dews2009.
These two webinars will be available online until mid October. After that time, please contact WDTD Employment at WorkforceSolutions@labor.state.ny.us to request a copy of a recorded webinar.

If you have questions, please contact Lisa Furner at Lisa.Furner@labor.state.ny.us.