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SCPa Works awarded two Strategic Innovation grants for Healthcare and AgTech

SCPa Works awarded two Strategic Innovation grants for Healthcare and AgTech

SCPa Works is excited to partner on two projects that explore new opportunities to advance skills in our region…

17 Apr 2018
Workforce #ChartOfTheWeek | Occupational Gaps

Workforce #ChartOfTheWeek | Occupational Gaps

Workforce #ChartOfTheWeek | Annual Projected Occupational Gaps The term “skills gap” is used within workforce development circles with great frequency…

09 Apr 2018
Increasing the Healthcare pipeline

Increasing the Healthcare pipeline

Over the past few months the York County Careerlink® and the York Literacy Council have combined efforts to provide a pipeline of candidates for the Health Care Industry in York County…

03 Apr 2018
SCPa Works CEO Jesse McCree highlights worker shortage in Franklin County

SCPa Works CEO Jesse McCree highlights worker shortage in Franklin County

Franklin County talk highlights worker shortage SCOTLAND, Pa. — The area’s economic growth is bringing a people problem with it, Jesse McCree said Thursday.  McCree is chief executive officer of SCPa Works, a regional workforce development organization…

14 Mar 2018
SCPa Works and economic development partners launch Engage! initiative

SCPa Works and economic development partners launch Engage! initiative

$325,000 grant to be used for supporting growth and retention of PA businesses SCPa Works and the South Central Partners in Regional Economic Performance (PREP) recently kicked off a new initiative designed to support the growth and retention of Pennsylvania businesses…

17 Feb 2018
Cumberland Valley partners on Workforce Development Study

Cumberland Valley partners on Workforce Development Study

CAEDC, Leadership Cumberland & Area School Districts Partner on Workforce Development Study   CUMBERLAND VALLEY, PA (February 1, 2018) – Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation (CAEDC), Leadership Cumberland and select Cumberland County school districts are collaborating on a study to determine if any stigma exists for students attending vocational technical schools…

02 Feb 2018
SCPa Works EARN RFP

SCPa Works EARN RFP

EARN Program RFP 2018-2021 SCPa Works, through this RFP, competitively seeks one or more qualified providers to deliver comprehensive career development, work readiness, placement and retention services to CAO clients who are referred to EARN programming in the South Central Region…

25 Jan 2018
VIDEO: SCPa Works partners with United Way to help lift working families out of poverty

VIDEO: SCPa Works partners with United Way to help lift working families out of poverty

SCPa Works is partnering with the United Way of the Capital Region on a workforce development pilot project designed at investing in workers’ skills, training and supportive services to help them grow into family-sustaining careers…

19 Sep 2017
SCPa Works CEO Jesse McCree speaks with WITF Smart Talk on labor market challenges

SCPa Works CEO Jesse McCree speaks with WITF Smart Talk on labor market challenges

More jobs than unemployed creates challenges for local businesses There are about 55,000 jobs available in Central Pennsylvania and only around 30,000 people looking for work in the region. That’s according to data collected by South Central Pennsylvania (SCPa) Works this summer…

15 Sep 2017
Workforce, economic development leaders talk growth in Franklin County

Workforce, economic development leaders talk growth in Franklin County

Mike Ross from the Franklin County Area Development Corporation and Derrick Donnell from PA CareerLink discuss jobs in the county…

29 Aug 2017
There are plenty of jobs in central Pa. So why are 30,000 people still looking for work?

There are plenty of jobs in central Pa. So why are 30,000 people still looking for work?

​There are plenty of jobs in central Pa. So why are 30,000 people still looking for work? (Via YDR.com) ​There are significantly more jobs in southcentral Pennsylvania than there are job seekers, according to summer data from SCPa Works. The data shows 55,000 jobs available and 30,000 people seeking work…

29 Aug 2017
Application for in-school youth programming now available

Application for in-school youth programming now available

Applications due back to SCPa Works on September 18, 2017. Update: Resources from August 21 In-School Youth bidders’ meeting…

27 Aug 2017
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