United Way of Merced County is accepting letters of intent from agencies that want to request funding for a community benefit program during fiscal year 2011-2012. View full post on All Stories
Posts Tagged ‘Program’
Coast Career Institute’s Expedited Training Program for Diagnostic Medical Sonography Helps Students Land the Highly Specialized Jobs They Seek
December 8th, 2010
davidguide LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Despite unemployment levels being at their highest point in decades, specialized fields in medicine and the IT world are experiencing a shortage of trained and qualified workers. Vocational schools that offer fast tracked learning programs for these jo View full post on All Stories
Report: Canada’s Stimulus Program Failed To Create Many Jobs
December 2nd, 2010
davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – An assessment of Canada’s $4 billion infrastructure stimulus program by Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page found that the program failed to create as many jobs as it envisioned. The assessment was based on a survey of institutions that received the stimulus money made by Phoenix Strategic Perspectives. [...]
Program uses job-loss coverage to lure home buyers
November 13th, 2010
davidguide Californians looking to sell their homes can now offer prospective buyers a form of unemployment insurance under a program being rolled out by the state’s real estate agents’ association. Read comments View full post on All Stories
New Fed bond purchase program is in the works
November 2nd, 2010
davidguide With unemployment at 9.6 percent, the Federal Reserve is all but certain this week to launch a new program to try to fortify the economy. Yet the program isn’t expected to do much to ease a crisis tha View full post on All Stories
New Fed bond purchase program is in the works
November 2nd, 2010
davidguide With unemployment at 9.6 percent, the Federal Reserve is all but certain this week to launch a new program to try to fortify the economy. Yet the program isn’t expected to do much to ease a crisis tha View full post on All Stories
Tom Eblen: London doesn’t have to sacrifice history for parking lot
October 31st, 2010
davidguide LONDON This is one of those stories that drives preservationists crazy: an historic home is about to be demolished for a parking lot. But it also is a story that should drive every taxpayer crazy, especially those angry about wasteful government spending. It is a story about a project that would spend nearly $1 million [...]
Bike Borrowing Program Unveiled in SA
October 30th, 2010
davidguide Starting next Spring, bicycles will be able to be “borrowed” at any of 14 locations in and around the downtown area. View full post on All Stories
Posted in
Tags:
How to avoid a debt doomsday
Commentary: Maya MacGuineas is the director of the fiscal policy program at the New America Foundation. View full post on All Stories