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A pilot program at Austin Community College is aiming to help parents in marginalized communities go to college and grow their careers.
The pilot program is a partnership between ACC and nonprofit AVANCE-Austin, which helps low-income families, predominately Latino, and Workforce Solutions Capital Area.
A nonprofit that is establishing roots in Austin will support 100 nontraditional students in their journey to become certified nurses at no tuition cost through a new partnership with Austin Community College.
The two entities are being supported by Workforce Solutions Capital Area, which mediated the agreement and is financially backing the new program, with direct support for eligible program participants, including child care services.
Workforce Solutions Capital Area and Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area are partnering with major hospital groups and local clinics to provide on the job training and support classroom learning for Austin teens graduating high school.
Anyone over the age of 18 is eligible to apply for a health care apprenticeship; however, applicants must have a high school diploma or general education development certificate in order to sit for the certification exam at the end of the apprenticeship training.
Just days after Project Connect developers released a recommendation for the first phase of light rail in Austin, Mayor Kirk Watson praised the “once-in-a-generation opportunity” facing the city on its billions of dollars’ worth of transportation projects.
The multi-billion-dollar Project Connect mass transit system is one component in $25 billion’s worth of enhancements planned across the city, Watson said. Other key projects coming down the pipeline include the upcoming I-35 Capital Express Central project near downtown and the airport expansion plan in the works at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
Currently, Workforce Solutions Capital Area is collaborating with ATP on developing a workforce infrastructure action plan, to hone local skilled talent to service Project Connect along with other projects in the works.
Three years ago, a global pandemic triggered a so-called “she-cession,” as millions of women lost their jobs or left the workforce to care for loved ones. Now, they’re leading the recovery.
Companies have more women on their payrolls than ever before, in part because of a steady rise in the share of women ages 25 to 54 who are employed or searching for work.
Tamara Atkinson, who heads up the workforce development board in the Austin area, said that an abundance of jobs and better pay has helped to bring more women into the workforce.
Teen employment is on the rise in Austin restaurants — a possible salve for labor challenges in an industry that’s still hurting from the pandemic, but one that comes with some unique complications for business owners.
In 2022, there were 1.9 million workers nationwide aged 16 to 19 in “food services and drinking places,” according to annual averages compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was a nearly 12% increase from 2019, even as overall employment in such businesses fell 6% over the same time period, part of a mass exodus of restaurant workers and the closure of scores of eateries across the nation during Covid.
Several funding measures approved by Austin officials May 18 will send around $2 million toward workforce development, child care and early childhood education in Central Texas.
Three contracts totaling $1.85 million will go toward education for aspiring medical workers and training and supporting local child care staff. The items include:
Austin-area city, workforce and financial leaders gathered at Austin PBS on May 17 to review the outlook for the affordability challenge that continues to confront the region amid years of growth and spiking housing costs.
Amplify Credit Union’s first Central Texas Affordability Summit at the Highland media center featured Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and several community leaders for panel discussions about the area’s rising cost of living; its effect on the local workforce; and how businesses, governments and other entities can address the issue.
Event panelists included Watson; Lourdes Zuniga, Financial Health Pathways executive director; Joana Ortiz, Austin Young Chamber president and CEO; and Workforce Solutions Capital Area CEO Tamara Atkinson.
Affordability in Austin has been at the forefront of conversations for years as many residents struggle to afford to live in the area, citing the high housing prices, stagnant wages and other increased cost of living factors, such as childcare and groceries.
On Wednesday, Amplify Credit Union hosted an affordability summit at Austin PBS, bringing together experts in the workforce and finance sectors to discuss the future of affordability in Austin and how to address it.
Panelists Tamara Atkinson, CEO of Workforce Solutions Capital Area; Lourdes G. Zuniga, executive director of Financial Health Pathways; and Joana Ortiz, president and CEO of Austin Young Chamber, said solving affordability issues takes using a people-first approach.
Travis County allocated nearly $51 million of remaining Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to assist non-profit organizations and other programs on Monday, in an effort to address ongoing community needs, including food access, childcare and rental assistance.
The money is part of the $247 million Travis County received in American Rescue Plan Act Funds in 2021. The county split its funding into four components that funded emergency assistance programs during the Coronavirus pandemic, including relief funding and public health needs, and supportive housing projects to help solve the county’s homelessness issue.
Money will go to strengthening the local childcare system by partnering with organizations like the United Way and Workforce Solutions Capital Area, that will help fund stipends for childcare providers.