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Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board (3RWIB) and Simcoach Games proudly announce the release of three mini-games aimed to teach and reinforce work-readiness skills to young job seekers.

Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board (3RWIB) announced that it has brought a nationally celebrated program to reconnect Allegheny County’s long-term unemployed with the workforce.

The longer you are unemployed, the harder it is to find a job, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board announced Thursday a program geared specifically to the long-term unemployed will soon be available in Pittsburgh.

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Caregiver training, retention and compensation are among the pressing issues facing a region that has among the highest percentages of elderly people in the country, health care experts said Thursday.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

What keeps Stephen Jackson up nights is how his decision to attend college may wind up hurting his mother.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

A troubling question plagued Kathy Clark this past spring: How do you find a job at 61 years old? Clark, a Squirrel Hill resident and former United Methodist Church pastor, lost her position as a charitable fundraiser in layoffs at a humanitarian aid organization. At first, with 36 years in nonprofit and faith-based sectors and two degrees, Clark felt optimistic she would find a comparable full-time position. Except that she didn't.

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review

As part of his work to combat the disparate effects of the “war on drugs,” Institute of the Black World founder Ron Daniels said he believes the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program can impact Black crime and policing’s “broken relationship with the community.”

Source: New Pittsburgh Courier

It's the last week of the Learn and Earn program, and Anthony Zabiegalski, a producer at Simcoach Games, is prepping his 26 interns to test out a video game they helped build. Over the last six weeks, the interns have worked alongside developers and designers.

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In 2014, more than 1,300 young people applied for jobs in Pittsburgh’s Summer Youth Employment program, but there were only 500 positions available.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

What’s been dubbed “the sliver tsunami” is a national issue, with the oldest of the 75 million baby boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — set to turn 69 this year.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said Tuesday that he gets “a little emotional” when he talks about the city’s summer employment program for teenagers and young adults.

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PITTSBURGH, PA (JULY 14, 2015) — Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto today joined local educators and other officials to highlight the “Summer of Learn and Earn” program and announce support from AT&T.

Brian White, a rising senior at Westinghouse High School in Homewood, spent part of Thursday morning teaching a software engineer and a game developer how to play the board game “Jobopoly.”

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh is operating within its budget so far this year, and revenue is outpacing expenditures at a rate that will generate a $1 million to $5 million surplus, Controller Michael Lamb said Tuesday. Read more: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/8695952-74/lamb-million-ahead#ixzz3hTkbAIRW Follow us: @triblive on Twitter | triblive on Facebook

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Kenya Boswell, president of the BNY Mellon Foundation of SWPA and 3RWIB Youth Policy Council member, named a "Fast Tracker" by the Pittsburgh Business Times.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times

Local leaders announced $1.1 million in STEM funding for paid internships benefiting low-income, at-risk youth at a meeting Downtown on Thursday.

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Nearly $1.1 million in federal money will help expand a fledgling program in Allegheny County aimed at providing more summer jobs for young people, officials said Thursday.

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

To capitalize and expand on the success of Learn and Earn, the summer youth employment initiative, state Department of Labor and Industry Secretary Kathy Manderino announced nearly $1.1 million in funding to pilot a set of diverse STEM initiatives for opportunity youth.

Rashad Roberts loved lifeguarding at city pools, but it was tough paying bills on a salary of $19,400. Jermaine Chatman earned less than $20,000 annually working for a landscaping company, but his prison record dogged him when he applied unsuccessfully for something that paid more.

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Politics PA provided a preview of a segment of KD/PG Sunday Edition in which Stefani Pashman, 3RWIB CEO, takes a close look at the Pittsburgh region’s economy and employment situation. Where are the jobs – and what’s being done - to make sure the population is effectively trained, to fill the jobs of today and tomorrow. The television segment aired June 14, 2015.

Source: Politics PA