2016 -- S 2326 | |
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LC004372 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING TO | |
INCLUDE GREEN INDUSTRIES IN THE REAL JOBS RI PROGRAM | |
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Introduced By: Senators P Fogarty, Metts, Nesselbush, Jabour, and Picard | |
Date Introduced: February 09, 2016 | |
Referred To: Senate Labor | |
1 | WHEREAS, It is essential to prepare our workforce to meet the demands of the green |
2 | economy; and |
3 | WHEREAS, The Department of Labor and Training has introduced Real Jobs RI, a |
4 | demand-driven workforce and economic development initiative that is collaborative, flexible and |
5 | business-led; and |
6 | WHEREAS, The program aims to address the skills gap across various industries in |
7 | Rhode Island, to identify a workforce shortage and to develop a plan with a coordinated solution; |
8 | and |
9 | WHEREAS, In July of 2015, the Department of Labor and Training awarded planning |
10 | grants of up to $25,000 to twenty-one recipient organizations; and |
11 | WHEREAS, Planning grant applicants were tasked with assembling a strategic industry |
12 | partnership, identifying the training, education, human resource and other solutions to address the |
13 | identified critical business needs, and developing a detailed workforce training and |
14 | implementation plan; and |
15 | WHEREAS, In November of 2015, twenty-six Strategic Industry Partnerships received |
16 | Implementation Grants totaling $5 million in federal and state funds; and |
17 | WHEREAS, These implementation grants provide funding that allows applicants to |
18 | execute developed workforce training plans that will address immediate, short-term, or long-term |
19 | shortages identified by the employed partners; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Successful plans lead to the hiring of participants by employer partners at |
2 | the conclusion of their training; now, therefore be it |
3 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
4 | hereby respectfully requests the Department of Labor and Training to include green industries |
5 | partnerships in the next solicitation for Real Jobs RI and implementation grants; and be it further |
6 | RESOLVED, That this Senate supports this as a first step towards minimizing the skills |
7 | gap across several green industries to help move Rhode Island's economy forward; and be it |
8 | further |
9 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
10 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Director of the Rhode Island Department of |
11 | Labor and Training. |
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