Workforce³ One Hosted Communities

21st Century Apprenticeship

These are tough economic times but there’s never been a more exciting time for Registered Apprenticeship, the public workforce system, education and other partners to collaborate to get more Americans re-skilled and ready to compete for good-paying jobs as our nation recovers and puts people back to work.
Web Address : http://21stcenturyapprenticeship.workforce3one.org

Youth Connections

The Youth Connections Community of Practice is intended to foster collaboration and problem solving among youth practitioners who seek to advance youth workforce development.
Web Address : http://youth.workforce3one.org

Green Jobs

The Green Jobs Community of Practice (CoP) serves as a platform for workforce professionals and green job thought leaders to discuss and share promising practices to create partnerships for Green Job Workforce Solutions and leverage Recovery Act investments. The Green Jobs CoP will provide an interactive platform for providing technical assistance through webinars, discussion boards, blogs and other online resources to workforce professionals, particularly those at the State and Workforce Investment Board levels as well as green jobs grantees (including recipients of upcoming SGAs). It is a community for all federal agency workforce professionals who focus on green jobs and the workforce’s role in building a green economy.
Web Address : http://greenjobs.workforce3one.org

Older Workers

The Older Workers Community of Practice is an online hub to share resources, news, and emerging practices about older worker programs. It is designed to facilitate peer-to-peer communication among Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) grantees and sub-grantees, Federal Project Officers, and the national program office. We encourage you to discuss your programs and share your resources.
Web Address : http://olderworkers.workforce3one.org

Rapid Response

Rapid Response is a critical tool for managing transition in an evolving economy. Rapid Response provides important solutions for workers, businesses, and communities undergoing economic transition, both growth and decline. Rapid Response is also a primary gateway into the workforce system for a large number of workers and businesses. This Rapid Response Community of Practice, the Rapid Response Innovation Network, is a place for Rapid Response practitioners and partners to share information and resources that will help Rapid Response be more timely, consistent, and of higher quality around the country. The site relies on participating members to ensure collaboration and sharing of promising practices, so we hope you will find this site useful and will contribute your expertise to promoting Rapid Response nationally.
Web Address : http://rapidresponse.workforce3one.org

Reemployment Works

In order to address and overcome the crucial challenges facing our economy, we need to Re-Design, Re-Energize, and Re-Focus our traditional Re-Employment system. Our philosophy is to cultivate a regionalized response that encourages innovation in the workforce reemployment system, through the creation of a new and unified vision to reemploy the unemployed.
Web Address : http://reemploymentworks.workforce3one.org

Win-Win Network

The WIN-WIN Network Community of Practice is intended to foster a productive working relationship between data producers, suppliers, and users to acquire and employ workforce and labor market information and economic analysis.
Web Address : http://winwin.workforce3one.org

Program Initiative Resource Pages

Rapid Response

Rapid Response is a critical tool for managing transition in an evolving economy. Rapid Response provides important solutions for workers, businesses, and communities undergoing economic transition, both growth and decline. Rapid Response is also a primary gateway into the workforce system for a large number of workers and businesses. This Rapid Response Community of Practice, the Rapid Response Innovation Network, is a place for Rapid Response practitioners and partners to share information and resources that will help Rapid Response be more timely, consistent, and of higher quality around the country. The site relies on participating members to ensure collaboration and sharing of promising practices, so we hope you will find this site useful and will contribute your expertise to promoting Rapid Response nationally.
Web Address : http://rapidresponse.workforce3one.org

Regional Innovators

In today's changing economy, it is increasingly critical for key stakeholders in US regions to work together to assess their economic landscape, align and leverage assets, promote innovation, and collaborate to develop talent, create new strategies, and generate economic growth. This site offers resources to assist regional stakeholders with efforts to create and implement a regional economic vision, and to promote economic growth.
Web Address : http://rigs.workforce3one.org/

Disability and Employment Resource Page

The purposes of this page are to disseminate promising practices to promote the positive employment outcomes of people with disabilities and expand the capacity of the One-Stop Career Center system to serve customers with disabilities. This page compiles information related to disability and employment in one location on Workforce3 One in order to make it easier for users to find this information.
Web Address : http://disability.workforce3one.org/

Other Affiliated Communities

YouthBuild Community of Practice

This virtual community is an online resource for YouthBuild grantees to share resources, insights and recommendations with peers. This Community of Practice offers a space for peer-to-peer communication among YouthBuild grantees, Federal project officers and other YouthBuild stakeholders. The Community of Practice has a group of designated facilitators, who provide new on-line material, send out key questions, post the answers to challenges, and motivate members to communicate regularly.

We encourage your active participation in the online discussions and your sharing of relevant resources. If you would like to join the YouthBuild Community of Practice or if you have any further questions, please contact Adrienne Eldridge-Bailey at Eldridge-Bailey.Adrienne@dol.gov.
Web Address : YouthBuild Community