WORC Grants Round 6: Ensuring Long-Term Economic Vitality with a Focus on Equity and Underserved Populations

by tpmatemp | Jun 6, 2024 | Resource Development, Workforce Development

Do you want to enhance access to quality employment while prioritizing equity and fostering sustainable community impact? The Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC) Round 6: A Grant Initiative for the Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border Regions offers...

RFP: Greater Memphis Workforce Development Board

by tpmatemp | May 17, 2024 | RFP, Workforce Development

TPMA has been contracted by the Greater Memphis Workforce Development Board to lead the procurement process for the following: One-Stop Operator, WIOA Title I Adult & Dislocated Worker and Youth Workforce Development Services TPMA is a full-service consulting firm...

Taskforce Hopes to Provide Childcare Solutions for Area Workers

by tpmatemp | May 5, 2024 | Research and Data, Workforce Development

It’s a decades-long, complex problem without an easy solution but regional leaders are attempting to help families have access to affordable child care in area communities.   Following the completion of a Childcare Economic Impact Study, the Lincoln Trail Area...

H.R.6655 Passes the House and Moves to the Senate: Here’s a Recap

by tpmatemp | Apr 10, 2024 | News, WIOA Strategic Planning, Workforce Development

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) will likely see changes soon. The newly proposed legislation, H.R. 6655 – A Stronger Workforce for America Act, sponsored and introduced by Rep. Foxx December 7, 2023, passed with bipartisan support in the...

4 Key Takeaways from the WIOA Reauthorization Bill

by luke | Mar 8, 2024 | Other, WIOA Strategic Planning, Workforce Development

Last year in December, the House Education and Workforce Committee voted to advance the A Stronger Workforce for America Act (H.R. 6655) to the House floor. The bill seeks to comprehensively reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) with...

TPMA at the Table as Indiana Launches First Statewide Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) Model Policy Guidance

by luke | Mar 7, 2024 | Career Pathways, Credit for Prior Learning and Micro-Credentialing Support, Headlines, Workforce Development

The new policy guidance encourages the use and expansion of CPL across the state (INDIANAPOLIS) – The Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced today Indiana’s first statewide policy guidance for credit for prior learning (CPL). The state CPL model policy...