Workforce Dallas is looking to move workers who have the will to do so from just 'getting by,' to livable wage careers that will help to lift their families out of poverty.
That's the goal of a new effort launching today called Workforce Dallas - looking to move workers who have the will to do so from just 'getting by,' to livable wage careers that will help to lift their families out of poverty.
"We are not going to ask people who are living paycheck to paycheck, working multiple jobs to go figure it out," says Dallas' new Workforce Czar Lynn McBee."We are going to say `here are the different jobs, here are the different trainings, this is where you go'." "With Workforce Dallas, we are starting with a group of industry verticals, where we know there's upward mobility and good jobs," explains McBee,"Transportation logistics, healthcare, IT and construction trades... within each of industry verticals, there are different jobs within that and put training there... so it's a one stop shop."
A 'soft launch' is underway right now with plans to get the word out and grow the program over the summer. There is no fee for participants, as private dollars are funding the effort while it shows it can be successful.
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