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The Texas Workforce Commission is launching the Early Childhood Texas website, a streamlined resource for Texas parents to access information about available early childhood services available through various Texas agencies. The new website serves as a one-stop-shop to connect Texas parents with access to a variety of free or low cost services and resources available through different state agencies and different programs. “In the past, I have spent hours researching for…

TWC Increases Child Care Relief Funding

February 9, 2022

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The Texas Workforce Commission has approved an additional $1 billion in direct support for the Texas child care industry. This increases available funds for the 2022 Child Care Relief Fund to a total of $3.4 billion — with an estimated average award of over $250,000 per provider. In addition to the $1 billion for CCRF, the Commission has also approved an additional $75 million aimed to defray startup costs for…

Texas Unemployment Rate Falls

January 25, 2022

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In December, the seasonally adjusted Texas unemployment rate was 5.0 percent, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from Nov. 2021. Texas added 50,000 total non-agricultural jobs over the month, making gains in 19 of the last 20 months. For the month, the state reached another record employment level with 13,059,600 jobs. Texas has added a total of 694,400 positions since Dec. 2020. “Seeing a second consecutive month of record-setting employment,…

Local College, ISDs Part of $10.3-Million TWC Grants

January 5, 2022

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The Texas Workforce Commission has awarded 41 grants totaling $10,379,293 to multiple public community colleges, public technical institutes, public state college and independent school districts for programs that focus on supporting high-demand occupations through the Jobs and Education for Texans grant program. Locally, recipients include South Texas College as well as Brownsville, Harlingen, La Joya and South Texas ISDs. The JET grant program focuses on projects that develop training programs to…

TSC, SteelCoast Company Receive Job-Training Grant

December 17, 2021

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The Texas Workforce Commission has awarded Texas Southmost College and their partner SteelCoast Company LLC a $283,325 Skills Development Fund grant. The grant will benefit workers in the Workforce Solutions Cameron area. This grant will help create 170 new jobs while providing upskilling for an additional 80 workers. This grant will provide customized training such as ESL training, craft skills training including rigging and forklift, safety and health care training, and…

TWC Approves $2.45 Billion To Aid Child Care Providers

November 8, 2021

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The Texas Workforce Commission recently approved $2.45 billion in direct support for the Texas child care industry. Providers may use these funds in a variety of ways to support their program’s operating costs. These are one-time funds available through federal child care stimulus dollars. The funds intend to help child care providers address the impacts of COVID. Awarding of funds will go to regulated child care centers and homes beginning…

TSC Helps Those In Need With Career Training

October 14, 2021

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Families facing financial hardships can now access required construction trade skills training for employment at Texas Southmost College. Funding for the training comes from the Texas Workforce Commission via a $351,794 Self Sufficiency Fund Grant. The grant will help provide training in welding, plumbing, insulation, scaffolding, forklift driving and electrical work. The grant, the first of its kind for TSC, will allow the college to provide training to adult Temporary…

TWC Assists With Child Care

September 29, 2021

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The Texas Workforce Commission is now providing extra help to the service industry. TWC is providing 12 months of free child care to low-income parents who are also employees in this industry. TWC has an existing child care subsidy program to assist low-wage workers in paying for the cost of child care. The new Service Industry Recovery program will use federal funds to provide an extra focus on service industry…

Labor Market Steadily Rebounding

September 27, 2021

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TWC Grant Provides RGV Students New Opportunities

August 19, 2021

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A year ago, Delyssa Gonzalez was working as a home health provider in Brownsville. At the time, employment opportunities looked to be limited. Where Gonzalez is at the present time – training to be an electrician – is unimaginable compared to where she was. It’s a story she told in brief form in front of a crowd recently at the administrative offices of the Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement.…