2016

Teach For America works in partnership with communities to expand educational opportunity for children facing the challenges of poverty. Founded in 1990, the nonprofit organization recruits and develops a diverse corps of outstanding college graduates and professionals to make an

Ninety-five young adults gathered at the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation for a special Starbucks hiring event coordinated by RISE San Diego, San Diego Public Library and CONNECT2Careers (C2C) on Saturday, January 9. The event recruited opportunity youth — young people ages

SDWP’s Rapid Re-Employment for Dislocated Workers project was selected as a winning proposal to be presented at the White House Learning Exchange and Celebration on February 16, 2016. Of the 80 teams who entered this challenge, SDWP is one of

San Diego Workforce Partnership’s Youth Manager of Special Projects Karmin Noar was one of 25 individuals statewide invited to participate in the 2016 HOPE Leadership Institute (HLI). HLI is a program of Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE), whose mission is

A new program funded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Workforce Innovation Fund, Breaking Barriers San Diego (BBSD), assists individuals with disabilities with finding permanent part-time or full-time jobs of their choice. The network of America’s Job Center of California

Brian Helms is a Finance Analyst at the San Diego Workforce Partnership. Here he describes his role, discusses what he likes best about working in workforce development and shares one of his proudest professional moments.  Tell us about your role at