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KRA Reno Business/Career HUB on TV Again!
Almost a year ago to the day, on December 23, 2022, KRA reported on the Grand Opening of our Reno-based American Job Center of Nevada (AJCN), operated for Nevadaworks since October 12, 2018, as an EmployNV Business/Career HUB. Then-Governor Stephen Sisolak officiated, sharing his thoughts regarding the critical role of HUB operations in the economic success of the Region. When he was Clark County Commissioner, Sisolak had served as Master of Ceremony for the AJCN’s original October 12, 2018 opening. At the time, Terrance Bowens, KRA Program Manager, commented, “KRA is excited about the EmployNV re-brand! It has given our
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Fostering an Inclusive Supplier Pool: WDBs and Minority-Owned Businesses
There are 593 local and 53 state and territorial Workforce Development Boards (WDB), each playing a pivotal role in shaping the employment landscape of the communities they serve by fostering sustainable diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) environments, focusing on jobseeker- and employer-customers’ real-life workplace experiences to uncover and address systemic inequities. KRA is fortunate to support its WDB-partners that champion fairness and equal opportunity, trusting our Career- and Business-Services specialists to provide exceptional hiring-support solutions—innovative recruitment, screening, training, and placement opportunities—to assist our minority-owned business customers in sustaining current operations and attaining long-term expansion goals. As a Black-owned enterprise with 42
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New WIOA-Reauthorization Bill Is a Name…and Game…Changer!
On December 7, 2023, House Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Robert Scott (D-VA) and Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act, supported by House Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee leaders Burgess Owens (R-UT), Frederica Wilson (D-FL). By December 11, 2023, both the House and Senate chambers of the 118th Congress had passed the new reauthorization bill, which is now on President Biden’s desk, where we anticipate a favorable reception and response. As for funding, the Congressional Budget Office, which produces cost estimates for bills and resolutions, had not produced an estimate
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Dr. Boone’s 20+ years’ experience in the industry is extensive and her expertise in private-, public-, and non-profit sector workforce-services organizations is unparalleled, particularly in the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan area.
