PWIB | Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board

At the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board, we’re constantly working to develop information that strengthens Philadelphia’s economy and informs efforts to develop a more qualified and competitive workforce. Review some of our latest reports, press releases, related headlines and comments and learn more about policies we’re helping to shape, and policies that shape what we do.

Philadelphia Workforce Investment board founder and CEO Sallie A. Glickman announced that she is stepping down, effective July 30. Click on the link below for details about her legacy with the PWIB:

» PWIB founder and CEO Sallie A. Glickman to step down  

The first Way to Work Philadelphia! numbers are in and more than 600 people have been enrolled in job programs. Follow the link below for more information:

» Way to Work Philadelphia! generates 639 enrollments

In conjunction with the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Workforce Development Corp., the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board announced the launch of the Way to Work Philadelphia! program designed to put Philadelphians back to work through subsidized employment programs. Click on the link below for details:

» Philadelphia receives approval to launch Way to Work!   

Graduate! Philadelphia recently celebrated the second anniversary of its College Completion program with a college fair featuring its 16 partner institutions. Learn more by following the link below:  

» Graduate! Philadelphia College Completion program celebrates second anniversary  

Despite the recession, there are strong opportunities in the Delaware Valley.  Click on the link to find out about the hot jobs in Philadelphia in 2010:

» 30 Hot Jobs in Philadelphia in 2010  

Last fall, the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board held a press conference at Maxwell Education Group, a solar panel training company that received federal stimulus money for its jobs program. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter attended that press conference -- and now a photo from that event was featured on President Obama's Whitehouse.gov site as an example of the stimulus program at work. Click here to view a screen shot from the Web site:

» Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia helps his city recover through the clean energy economy  

The Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board will manage a grant of more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to the Job Opportunity Investment Network for green jobs training. For details, click here:  

» Philadelphia awarded over $1 million in "Pathways Out of Poverty" grant for green jobs training  

During a visit to Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Mayor Nutter and the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board (PWIB) announce the recipients of $1.54 million in federal Recovery Act funds. Click the link for more information:  

» Mayor Nutter, Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board award $1.54 million in ARRA funding for worker training  

The release of the new "Help Wanted" report has drawn major media attention, including this overview article by the Philadelphia Inquirer, which details adult literacy issues Click on the link for details:

» Low literacy limits half of Phila. workforce, study finds  

The federal American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) will pump a significant amount of money into Philadelphia to provide job training programs. The link below provides details:

» Mayor Nutter and Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board announce $14.1 million in recovery funding for new job programs  

What's the difference between a Philadelphia graduate and a high school dropout?  About $580,000, according to a new study released by the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board in partnership with the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Youth Network. Click below for details:

» New Philadelphia report shows cost of dropping out and impact on the local economy 
» Read the full report