Job center in jail to be replicated in women’s facility

July 13, 2016

SDWP is excited to announce the award of a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to build upon the success of its Reentry Works San Diego program at the East Mesa Reentry Facility (EMRF) to also create

Kitchens for Good cooks up opportunity for San Diego’s underserved

July 11, 2016

Kitchens for Good (KFG) has been cooking up great food and even greater opportunity for San Diegans since September 2015 by breaking the cycles of food waste, poverty and hunger through innovative programs in workforce training, healthy food production and social

SDWP staff profile: Meet Mario Becerra

July 6, 2016

Mario Becerra is a Program Specialist with 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

Boot camp teaches lean innovation to solve tough nonprofit problems

July 1, 2016

This week, six San Diego nonprofit teams — Kitchens for Good, Mission Edge/Impact Without Borders, the San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum, San Diego Food Bank, San Diego Foundation and San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) — convened for two and a half

Check out our newly designed website!

July 1, 2016

We are excited to announce a new look to our website that is faster, easier to navigate, more user-friendly and mobile compatible. As a workforce development leader, it is important for us to make information regarding solutions, services and trends

LSSI hosts 2016 boot camp and receives $10K from McCarthy Family Foundation

June 30, 2016

From June 22–29, 43 participants of the Life Sciences Summer Institute (LSSI) completed their Introduction to Biotechnology “boot camp” course, a pre-internship requirement that prepares participants for their internship in the life sciences industry. The pre-internship boot camp, held concurrently

Minimum wage increase worries some nonprofit leaders

June 29, 2016

On June 28, approximately 225 people attended the annual University of San Diego State of Nonprofits and Philanthropy Summit to learn more about key topics important to the nonprofit sector. Key findings from the annual report of the same name were

SDWP presents on WIOA, business programs and Priority Sectors at CASAS Institute

June 24, 2016

CASAS’ 2016 National Summer Institute hosted nearly 800 workforce development professionals, education providers, business and industry representatives and state-level personnel coming together to increase their knowledge and skills in using assessment results to inform instruction and improve programs, and to

Two institutions chosen for Contracted Education in Priority Sectors

June 22, 2016

As part of the San Diego Workforce Partnership’s (SDWP) commitment to provide access to high quality training in San Diego County, SDWP will partner with the Escondido Adult School (EAS) and Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District (GCCCD) to provide Contracted Education

Training teaches behavioral health consumers how to balance benefits and work

June 17, 2016

On June 16, 2016, the San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) and Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) hosted a three-hour training, “Managing Employment & Benefits for Behavioral Health Consumers and Peers,” geared toward local behavioral health consumers. The training covered one