The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is committed to developing a more skilled and satisfied caregiver workforce to improve the quality of care and support available to people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 9:59 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolina leaders today released a new report on the state’s caregiving workforce, announcing the next steps in strengthening this critical group of workers.
Published: Monday, February 12th, 2024 @ 2:39 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Today, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. sent a letter
Published: Sunday, December 17th, 2023 @ 8:26 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Congresswoman and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC5) and Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) introduced legislation Tuesday that would repeal President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan that would cost taxpayers billions of dollars.
Published: Saturday, December 9th, 2023 @ 3:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Rivers East Workforce Development Board and its Committees will host the first meetings of the new fiscal year this week.
Published: Wednesday, September 13th, 2023 @ 9:59 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Beaufort County Affordable Workforce Housing Development Taskforce will meet on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 5:00 PM in the boardroom located at 136 W. 2nd St, Washington, NC 27889.
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 @ 12:23 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The N.C. Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions (DWS), didn’t design and implement procedures to ensure that federal funds tied to workforce programs were spent in accordance with program requirements and federal and state law.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 7:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The share of the American workforce composed of foreign-born workers rose to record levels last year, a phenomenon which comes as immigration surges in the wake of worldwide lockdowns and as the nation’s economy grapples with labor shortages.
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 8:32 am
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Senate released its biennium budget proposal this week as scheduled, with the expectation of meeting with the state House to establish a conference budget before the current fiscal year ends on June 30
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 12:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Order directs the state to develop a comprehensive plan for aging, strengthen the caregiving workforce and enhance transportation options
Published: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 @ 2:12 am
By: Governor's Office
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Programs funded by grants will support small businesses
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2023 @ 12:53 pm
By: Governor's Office
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On Wednesday, the North Carolina Senate introduced a creative solution to address critical workforce housing shortages for North Carolinians.
Published: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 @ 3:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Cooper Proposes Historic Investments in Education, Economic Development, and Workforce Without Raising Taxes
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 9:37 am
By: Governor's Office
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The Beaufort County Affordable Workforce Housing Development Taskforce will meet on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 6:00 PM in the boardroom located at 136 W. 2nd St, Washington, NC 27889.
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2023 @ 4:35 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolina leaders are projecting shortages in direct care workers, nurses and other caregiving positions in the coming decade. At the same time, demand for these services is rising.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 2:59 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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As the Golden LEAF Foundation enters the second year of a five-year strategic plan, the Foundation continues its work funding strategies to improve the economic conditions of North Carolina’s rural and tobacco-dependent communities.
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 @ 7:04 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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More than $743 Million in NC Child Care Stabilization Grants have been distributed to over 4,300 Child Care Centers Statewide
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 3:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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In a groundbreaking affirmative action program aimed at diversifying its workforce, Starbucks has hired its first and only straight white cis-male barista.
Published: Friday, November 11th, 2022 @ 9:21 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Local workforce development boards will use funds to help jobseekers, small businesses
Published: Sunday, November 6th, 2022 @ 8:40 am
By: Governor's Office
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Following a roller coaster of negotiations and threats of legal action, Elon Musk is now at the final stretch of acquiring Twitter. With this purchase, Musk has announced plans to reduce Twitter's workforce to only 280 characters.
Published: Thursday, November 3rd, 2022 @ 8:17 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Golden LEAF’s mission is to increase economic opportunity in North Carolina’s rural, tobacco-dependent, and economically distressed communities through leadership in grantmaking, collaboration, innovation, and stewardship as an independent and perpetual foundation.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 12:47 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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This week, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Congresswomen Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Young Kim (R-CA) introduced the bipartisan and bicameral National Nursing Workforce Center Act
Published: Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 @ 5:57 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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The Rivers East Workforce Development Board will meet on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 3:00pm.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 9:23 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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In June 2020, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded 10 projects totaling $3.49 million through the Golden LEAF Opportunities for Work (GLOW) initiative.
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2022 @ 9:00 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Simply put, the idiocy of Common Core Math is at the core of the Leftist's Orwellian ("1984") disposition to convert our Constitutional Republic into a Marxist Hellhole.
Published: Friday, August 12th, 2022 @ 7:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As unemployment remained at low levels in June, the portion of American adults participating in the job market remains far below pre-recession levels, according to a Friday news release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 7:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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According to the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC), more than 1,400 short-term, occupational skill training courses are offered across the state to train, retrain, and upgrade workers for current or future job skill requirements or certifications.
Published: Monday, June 27th, 2022 @ 11:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Washington, N.C. – ECU Health, in partnership with the Rivers East Workforce Development Board and NCWorks, will host a series of hiring events including both virtual and in-person job fairs in the months of July and August.
Published: Thursday, June 23rd, 2022 @ 11:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released two funding opportunities to award a total of $6,000,000 for tuition scholarships to improve behavioral health outcomes and substance use disorder treatment across the state.
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2022 @ 3:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Why do we need so many govt. workers?
Published: Sunday, June 5th, 2022 @ 9:24 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today published Governmental Public Health: Workforce and Infrastructure Improvement in Action, a review of the public health workforce and infrastructure across North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 @ 1:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Six employers in the region served by Cleveland Community College have forecasted the need for at least 160 new heavy equipment operator job openings over the next five years.
Published: Friday, April 29th, 2022 @ 6:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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