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SWC awarded $1.7 million for poverty reduction pilot project

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For Immediate Release Contact: Mark Mattke, CEO, mmattke@spokaneworkforce.org, 509-960-6263 Date: 6/27/19 Spokane Workforce Council awarded $1.7 million for poverty reduction pilot project at Spokane Resource Center SPOKANE, WA: The Spokane Workforce Council (SWC) has been awarded $1.7 million as part of Governor Jay Inslee’s Economic Security for All (EcSA) initiative. EcSA grants, awarded from the …

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SWC Receives Grant from Bank of America Charitable Foundation

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The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant to the SWC. This grant will support customer resource computers and technology at the Spokane Resource Center. We’re thankful for private investments that enhance our ability to more effectively serve customers.

SWC Proud to partner with Spokane County United Way

Announcements, Articles / By ahixson

Spokane County United Way has announced its release of $2.5 million in funding to 37 local community programs. The Spokane Workforce Council and the Next Generation Zone are proud to be on that list of recipients. Click here to see the full list of recipients.

Journal of Business highlights access2experience Project

Announcements, Articles / By ahixson

April 25, 2019: Groups band together to revamp access2experience, an online tool to help educators provide students with career learning insights. Read the article here.

SWC Participating in National Workforce Training, Business Recruitment Initiative

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Spokane has been chosen as one of five test sites for a national workforce training and business recruitment initiative. Greater Spokane Incorporated is leading the local initiative, and will be bringing many local partners together to strategically plan the initiative. Spokane Workforce Council is happy to lend our expertise around training and recruitment to the …

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SWC Releases $3.39M in funding through four RFPs

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The Spokane Workforce Council is pleased to announce the release of $3.39M in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funding through four new Requests for Proposal (RFP). Proposals are due April 25 for services to commence on July 1, 2019. Agencies may apply to one or more RFP, but we recommend reading all of them to …

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The Dignity of Work Podcast

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Program and Development Director Jessica Clayton shared about Spokane’s youth one-stop center, the Next Generation Zone, for an episode of The Dignity of Work Podcast. Listen here: http://dignityofwork.libsyn.com/e04-the-next-generation-zone-preparing-tomorrows-workforce