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Hispanic Workforce Readiness, Employment and Literacy Promotion Initiative The Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey (HDANJ) has created a partnership with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) to fully integrate the network of HDANJ community-based organizations and agencies in order to connect their constituency and to expand the participation of Hispanics in the One-Stop Career System. Implementing steps toward the accomplishment of this goal will assure that Hispanics in the workforce or entering the workforce receive the services and educational programs that will improve their employment and retention in the workplace. Since last year, HDANJ, through twelve of its 30-member agencies across the state, has worked to encourage Latinos to take part in the Department of Labor’s One-Stop Career Centers, which offer a wide variety of training and employment opportunities. HDANJ Awarded Contract to Increase Latino Involvement in State Labor Training Program For Immediate Release: January 8, 2007 The Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey today announced the award of a $147,399 one-year contract to work with the State Department of Labor and Workforce Development to increase Latino involvement in New Jersey job training programs, English language and literacy programs and civics courses. Read more… For more information about our Latino labor initiative, please contact Julie Jerome, Employment Program Manager at (732) 828-7606 x104 or
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. The Middlesex County Construction Careers Program (MCCTTP) The goal of the Middlesex County Construction Trades Training program grant is to graduate 30 participants from a pre-apprenticeship training program, and assist them with placement in union construction apprenticeships or quality construction-related employment. The union trades seek quality individuals every year to enter into their apprenticeship programs. The program graduates will provide a highly qualified pool of potential apprentices from which the union trades can have confidence drawing from. Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey Awarded Grant to Recruit Women and Minorities to Construction Trades For immediate release: May 23, 2008 A program to recruit women and minorities into the construction trade unions is the focus of a $300,000 grant recently awarded to the Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Read more… In collaboration with several partners, we are actively seeking candidates to participate in the program. The criteria for candidates include: -Reside within the New Brunswick or Perth Amboy Abbott Districts -Be at least 20 years of age at the time of enrollment -Possess a valid driver’s license or be able to obtain one prior to graduation from the CTTP-WM program -Possess a high school diploma or GED -Remain drug free throughout the entire program and submit to drug testing -Score a minimum 7th grade level on the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) -Demonstrate a legitimate interest in pursuing a career in the building and construction trades HDANJ is partnering with the Puerto Rican Action Board in New Brunswick and the Puerto Rican Association for Human Development for the Middlesex County Construction Trades Training Program. MCCTTP Candidate Application Available Here! If you reside in New Brunswick and are interested in the program, please contact the Hayzel Avent-Soto from the Puerto Rican Action Board at (732) 818-4510. If you reside in Perth Amboy and are interested in the program, please contact Marisol Quinones from the Puerto Rican Association for Human Development at (732) 442-1081. For current students and program instructors - http://hdanj.wincshost.com/default.php For more information about the program, please contact Mike Ramos, Program Coordinator, at
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or (732) 828-7606 x103. Resourceful Publications about Latino Workforce in NJ Latino Perspective Report: "Tapping the Growing Latino Workforce to Promote New Jersey's Prosperidad" (October 2007) On October 16, 2007, The Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey (HDANJ) released “Tapping the Growing Latino Workforce to Promote New Jersey’s Prosperidad” at press conferences in Trenton and Newark. To read the report in English, CLICK HERE. Projections 2014: New Jersey Employment and Population in the 21st Century The Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DLWD) under the Division of Labor Market and Demographic Research released this report in September 2006. This directory contains population and labor force projections from 2004 to 2009, 2014, 2020 and 2025 by age, race, sex and Hispanic origin for the state and by county. For the full report, please visit http://www.wnjpin.net/OneStopCareerCenter/LaborMarketInformation/lmi04/Projection%202014%20WEB.pdf. For more information about by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, please visit http://www.nj.gov/labor.
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