As the staffing crisis continues in the child care industry, Governor Tom Wolf has announced a $98 million grant opportunity for certified child care providers to support workforce recruitment and retention.
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State grant to fund manufacturing career camp programs
Governor Tom Wolf announced new funding for Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs (NBT), a charitable foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International, through Pennsylvania’s Manufacturing PA Training-to-Career Program (MTTC) to introduce students to careers in manufacturing through Summer Manufacturing Camps throughout Pennsylvania.
Read More »BAYADA Home Health Care awarded grant to expand nurse apprentice program
Governor Tom Wolf today announced a $297,000 grant to expand BAYADA Home Health Care’s nurse residency apprenticeship program to help adults and children who need home health care in Pennsylvania.
Read More »Gov. Wolf touts boost in early childhood education funding Reading YMCA
Governor Tom Wolf joined with advocates and legislators to celebrate the $30 million increase in early childhood education funding in the state budget at the YMCA in Reading. The new funding will allow an additional 3,270 children to enroll in the state’s high-quality early learning programs. “Early childhood education programs set students up for success,” ...
Read More »Gov. Wolf highlight importance of investments in start-up companies during stop at Factory in Bethlehem
Governor Tom Wolf highlight the importance of investing in Pennsylvania’s start-up companies during a visit to Factory LLC in Bethlehem. The governor met with representatives of companies affiliated with Factory, including Stuffed Puffs, which received a $1 million funding proposal from the commonwealth in 2019 to expand its manufacturing operations and create jobs, Mikey’s, Pipcorn, ...
Read More »Pennsylvania adds protections for LGBTQ workers
LGBTQ employees in Pennsylvania now have the protection of the state behind them.
Read More »Legislators pitch plan to spend RGGI proceeds on workforce training, improving environment
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf today threw his support behind bills being introduced in the state house and senate that would outline the spending plan from the proceeds the state would receive from participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Read More »‘It’s devastating!’ Restaurants, small businesses unhappy with Gov. Wolf’s latest COVID-19 shutdown
Businesses across the state, especially in the restaurant industry, are unhappy with news of another COVID-19 shutdown.
Read More »Pa. House fails to override governor’s veto of restaurant bill
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives failed to override the governor’s veto of House Bill 2513, which would have reversed many of the state’s COVID-19 restrictions on bars and restaurants.
Read More »Gov. Wolf vetoes bill that would have eased COVID-19 restaurant restrictions
As he said he would, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf today vetoed a bill that would have rolled back many of the COVID-19 safety restrictions at bars and restaurants that his administration has put into place.
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