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September is Workforce Development Month. The CWDC, CDLE, and our partners will highlight economic recovery resourcesand celebrate Colorado's robust workforce system. 

The CWDC is excited to announce the grantees for the Sector Partnership Stabilization & Recovery Grant. These grants are intended to support the sustainability of sector partnerships as an approach to economic recovery and industry stabilization.

Through a recent expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, more Colorado families are eligible.

The CWDC and CDLE are looking for companies interested in being filmed by Virtual Job Shadow to highlight jobs and professions through professionally filmed and edited job shadowing videos. 

The State Youth Council, in partnership with the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC), is excited to offer 17 youth scholarships for the 2021 CBHC Annual Behavioral Health Conference in Breckenridge, Colorado from Sept. 30 - Oct. 2.

La Agenda de Equidad de Talentos ahora está disponible en español. The Talent Equity Agenda is now available in Spanish.

Partners in the TalentFOUND network collaborated to produce a job quality framework to outline features of a good job and lay out practical steps local communities, employers, and leaders can take to improve job quality in Colorado.

The CWDC is excited to announce a total of $2.25 million in grant funding via HB21-1264 that is now available to eligible entities through a competitive application process. Applications are due Sept. 10.

The CWDC is looking for industry partners from businesses, advisories, workforce development, and others to join an advisory committee to participate in the review of our industry-recognized credentials lists.

Former CWDC apprentice and operations analyst Ethan Bui shares his thoughts about his time as an apprentice with the CWDC.