General
Resource Materials and Providers
Labor Market Information
Learning Support

General

The North Carolina Board of Education supervises and administers the free public school system and the educational funds provided for its support.  Helpful documents for employers include A Business Guide to Support Employee and Family Involvement in Education, which gives advice on assessing company support.
    URL: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/parents.html

The Apprenticeship and Training Bureau of the North Carolina Department of Labor designs and implements several employment and training programs. These include developing individualized or group models, pilots of demonstration programs, and developing new processes or tools.
     URL: http://www.dol.state.nc.us/appren/appr.htm

Resource Materials and Providers

The North Carolina Community College Literacy Resource Center has a variety of resources for employers, including a Program Finder Data Base of information on NC basic skills / literacy programs and contacts, an Online Resource Catalog of library materials and access to information regarding legislation, policies, forms and reports of concern to the basic skills / literacy community in North Carolina.   
       URL: http://www.nclrc.state.nc.us/home/

The Division of Employment and Training of the North Carolina Department of Commerce administers a statewide system of workforce programs that prepare North Carolina’s citizens with serious barriers to employment for participation in the labor force. These programs provide high support training and other services that result in increased employment and earnings, increased educational and occupational skills, and decreased welfare dependency. 
     URL: http://www.ncdet.com/

The North Carolina Community College System provides education, training and retraining for the workforce, including basic skills and literacy education, occupational and pre-baccalaureate programs; support for economic development through services to business and industry; and services to communities and individuals that improve the quality of life.
     URL: http://www.ncccs.cc.nc.us/Business_and_Industry/index.html

The Workforce Development Education Unit of North Carolina's Department of Public Instruction provides vocational-technical education programs and services to youth and adults.
     E-MAIL: kesmith@dpi.state.nc.us

Labor Market Information

North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry promotes the retraining of adults in the critical skills needed to compete in the global marketplace, and encourages incentives for employers to initiate programs in workforce development.
     URL: http://www.nccbi.org

The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina collects, organizes and disseminates information about the operation of the labor market, such as worker availability, long range trends in employment, occupational wage rates and industry projections. This data helps employers focus in on opportunities and trends in the state.
     URL: http://www.esc.state.nc.us/

Learning Support

The Workforce Development Institute provides for development and training needs of staff and volunteers working within the North Carolina workforce development system.  Other projects include coordination of interagency training for one-stop implementation sites, a clearing house of a core curriculum for workforce development direct-services staff, and certification of workforce development professionals.
     URL: http://www.nccommerce.com/wdi/

North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority provides scholarship and grant information to North Carolina residents pursuing an education in the state; guarantees student loans made available to North Carolina residents through College Foundation, Inc.
     URL: http://www.ncseaa.edu/

Growing America Through Entrepreneurship (GATE) is a national demonstration program of the U.S. Department of Labor.  Individuals who are awarded a scholarship will receive special training and other assistance to help them explore self-employment.
     URL: http://www.ncprojectgate.org/about_gate/ 

The JobsNOW - "12 in 6" Worker Training Initiative designed to benefit North Carolinians who have lost their jobs. This initiative has created community college programs in 12 careers, each requiring less than six months to complete.
     URL: http://www.governor.state.nc.us/jobsNow.aspx

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Last updated: June 4, 2010.