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Pioneer Valley focuses on filling skills gap says Tim Brennan

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...le Skills Manufacturing Initiative - An advanced manufacturing training program led by the Franklin Hampshire Regional Employment Board, working in collaboration with Greenfield Community College and the Franklin County ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Springfield Technical Community College

Holyoke receives a 250k Working Cities Challenge Grant

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...oint and the JUNTOS Collaborative. Monetary and in-kind matches were also provided by the Chamber Foundation, Regional Employment Board, Holyoke Library, Housing Authority and Holyoke Gas & Electric. Kathy Anderson, Pre... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Robert DeLeo   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.

Department of Early Education and Care relocates Western Massachusetts regional office in downtown Springfield

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... early education and care field, local children, and their families. The United Way of Pioneer Valley and the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County are located in the same building. The Department of Early Educati... (Read Full Article)

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Regional Employment Board of Hampden County puts David Cruise at the helm

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...ty named David M. Cruise as its new president and CEO at its annual meeting on Wednesday. Cruise had been the Regional Employment Board's director of Business and Employment Services. The Regional Employment Board brings... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.   Springfield   William Ward

Springfield's A.G. Miller continues proud century-old tradition of metal fabricating, but needs help getting trained staff

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...ent of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield. J. William Ward, president and CEO of the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County, said his agency has a $362,000 grant to do on-the-job training. W... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.   Springfield

Westfield Chamber, Training and Workforce Options join to host manufacturing training summit at Savage Arms

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... president of foundation and workforce training at Springfield Technical Community College. According to the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County, the Pioneer Valley boasts approximately 293 manufacturers who emp... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.

UMass plan for Springfield to be unveiled in about a month, university president Robert Caret says

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...ull time or have family responsibilities here in Springfield, said J. William Ward , president and CEO of the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County. "If someone is in Springfield, what public-university options do... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College

EDC and REB Host Health IT Roundtable

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...are industryfor some time, which includes Health IT. One of the programs provides On TheJob Training with the REB paying for one half of the employee’s salary whilehe/she is being trained up for the new position. For inf... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.   Baystate Health   Springfield

Western Massachusetts job training programs get a boost; Community Works provides apprenticeships for building trades | masslive

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...Spanish to the type of formal language used in a business setting. In Franklin County, the Franklin-Hampshire Regional Employment Board received $239,751 to develop the Franklin Hampshire Middle Skills Academy to teach a... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   MassMutual   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.

Funder Collaborative for Reading Success raises $491,000 in grants to promote early literacy in Greater Springfield

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... Library; Springfield School Volunteers’ Early Literacy Volunteers program; and Talk/Read/Succeed through the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County. Donna DiFillippo, executive director of Raising a Reader Massachu... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.   Baystate Health   Springfield

Work in Progress

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...Brianna Davis certainly knows. Now roughly three weeks into a job with the REB through the summer jobs initiative, she told BusinessWest that she handles filing, copying, reception-desk work, and other duties, ... (Read Full Article)

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Springfield housing agencies and Regional Employment Board combine forces to bring job training to low-income city residents

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...0 grant to the city’s Office of Housing for the program. In addition, the city, the housing authority and the Regional Employment Board will contribute $25,000 each to the program, allowing it to extend beyond one-year, ... (Read Full Article)

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J. William Ward stepping down from the Regional Employment Board of ... - MassLive.com

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... Employment Board can get them the commercial driver's training if they qualify. Only about $1 million of the REB's budget goes to overhead and administration. According to the Regional Employment Board's 2011 IRS 990, t... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.   Baystate Health   Smith & Wesson Corp.

Peter Picknelly, investors, add Duval Precision Grinding in Chicopee to portfolio

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...ts in the pipeline. Also, Duval manufactures for other industries. It also is hiring, and is working with the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County to bring in two trainees from nontraditional backgrounds and get t... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.   Chicopee   Westfield

Pioneer Valley youth need summer jobs, and experience that goes with them, career center director says at jobs campaign kickoff

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...goal is to set up jobs for 1,000 young people in Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee and Westfield. Last year, The Regional Employment Board provided about 950 jobs but received 6,000 applications. But that's only if funding ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Regional Employment Board of Hampden County Inc.   Westfield State University   Springfield