Mar 7, 2025 | Annual Reports
The Hire Local evaluation helps Central Texas understand how well workforce education and training programs are supporting people and employers across the region. By tracking enrollment, completion, employment, and earnings, the evaluation offers insight into whether...
Mar 12, 2024 | Annual Reports
The Hire Local evaluation seeks to understand whether the size and efficacy of the training and completion pipeline meets the region’s needs, and, given the high cost of housing and living, whether those who complete local workforce training and education programs...
Jun 8, 2022 | Annual Reports
Two long years after the pandemic first struck our region, it looks like we’re finally coming out on the other side. Today, the local economy is booming and many employers are hiring. Still, not everyone is benefiting from the growth and opportunity that has blessed...
Apr 14, 2021 | Annual Reports
In 2020, Workforce Solutions Capital Area became the first responder for employment. In a matter of days, a declining unemployment rate that had lasted for years spiked into the double digits due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Workforce Solutions quickly pivoted to a...
Sep 30, 2020 | Annual Reports
This Year Two report serves as a reminder of the success of the MCWP in the first two years of this multi-year project prior to unexpected impact of the pandemic, but it also affords an opportunity to think clearly through the mechanisms of change of the MCWP, to...