The progress report shows that since 2018, Alabama has made progress toward the Success Plus goal of adding 500,000 credentialed adults ages 16 to 64 to the workforce by 2025. Of the more than 200,000 added credentialed individuals, 137,848 newly credentialed individuals were in the 16 to 24 age group, and 38,240 were in the 25 to 64 age group.
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Alabama STEM Council to Strengthen STEM Teacher Preparation Across the State Through UTeach
The Alabama STEM Council will direct an initial $4.5 million legislative appropriation to launch four new UTeach STEM teacher preparation programs at fully accredited public Alabama colleges and universities and to further expand the UABTeach program at the University of Alabama Birmingham.
AlabamaWorks: Alabama’s FAFSA Completion Policy is Yielding Success Due to Decisive Leadership
FAFSA is the form colleges use to determine a student’s eligibility for federal financial aid, including Pell grants, work-study programs, and loans. This includes not only an education at traditional four-year colleges and universities, but also other postsecondary education opportunities such as two-year colleges, certificate programs and associate degrees.
Alabama Office of Apprenticeship Launches Program to Help Meet Nursing Shortage
The new nursing apprenticeship program is just one way that the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship is working to remove barriers to entry for students wanting to enter high demand occupations while also helping to meet Governor Ivey’s Success Plus Goal of adding 500,000 credentialed workers to the workforce by 2025.
Bill risks safe surgeries in Alabama
Is my surgeon skilled and competent? It's a question that does not cross the minds of patients in the state of Alabama. This confidence in surgeons is due to the fact that surgical residency training is monitored, standardized, and advanced through the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
Opinion: Scope of practice for podiatrists needs updating
SB101 by Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison will modernize access to care for all Alabamians by allowing a modest update of podiatrists’ scope of practice to include the foot and ankle. SB101 focuses on the future of podiatry in Alabama by only allowing more recent and future graduates the same privileges DPMs have in 47 other states.
The Port of Mobile: Positioned for Future Growth
The new website –www.ALPorts.com – utilizes imagery reflective of the port’s infrastructure investment and provides in a streamlined format information important to the port’s customers, service providers, stakeholders, and the public at large.
Enhanced State & Regional Workforce Profiles Released
A Message from AlabamaWorks! MONTGOMERY, Ala – Workforce will be a hot topic in 2022 with no shortage of discussions about labor force participation rates, employee retention and labor shortages. It comes as no surprise that data on these topics is in high demand, and the Alabama Workforce Council is pleased to release a set of...
AARP: Alabamians need access – and more — to benefit from high-speed internet
Whether or not they are low-income, rural or older, all Alabamians need internet access and solid digital skills to thrive in today’s world. If we want all our residents to flourish – and if we want our state to flourish economically – we must make internet services more available, affordable and accessible to all.
AARP: Close the digital divide to make sure we’ve all got a way to connect
For our residents to enjoy the benefits of expansion, they need access to a computer, smart phone or other device capable of supporting an internet connection; they need affordable internet service; and just as importantly, they need to know how to use it.
800 Workforce Development and Education Leaders From 41 States Gather Virtually for Alabama Interstate Talent Development Convening
The 2021 Alabama Interstate Talent Development Convening brought together experts from 41 states and Washington, D.C. to share talent development strategies and discuss plans to upgrade the knowledge and skills of workers.
AT&T investing and innovating to enhance broadband access in rural Alabama
With more than 2 million strand miles of fiber optics stretching across our footprint in Alabama, AT&T’s network is delivering the high-speed services that residents and businesses throughout Alabama are demanding.