Nevada was the recipient of a National Governors Association Workforce Innovation Network (WIN) grant to put together a cross-agency team and engage outside counsel to analyze the economic impact of COVID-19 and the state’s current efforts to build a strong workforce for its current and future economy. Based on this analysis, the charge was to make recommendations to impact both short- and long-term outcomes in the education to workforce pipeline and related issues. This report is not an assessment of what worked and what did not in the state’s response to the economic impact of COVID. Through analysis of data and countless discussions and interviews with state and local leaders across Nevada, this report provides a picture of the challenges and opportunities the state faces as it responds to a changing economy and becomes better prepared for better times as well as the next downturn. Based on this view of the landscape, recommendations were made to strengthen current efforts in the state, where appropriate, and look to research and best practices from other states to fill gaps to build a more robust and resilient education to workforce system with the necessary wraparound services to put far more Nevadans on the path towards economic and personal success.

Still not really sure what this whole Nepris thing is all about? Register for an upcoming Industry Chat with an NV employer to listen in on their engagement with students and get ideas for a session of your own!

We invite all K-12 educators, administrators, counselors, parents, higher ed, and industry partners to register and join the summit from the comfort of your computer.

The Nevada Department of Education (NDE) is transitioning most of its current career and technical education (CTE) programs of study from a 3-year course sequence to a 2-year course sequence to increase access and opportunity for students to participate in CTE. As part of the process to revise standards for each program of study, NDE is relying on Nevada’s business and industry community to provide feedback through criticality surveys on what standards and skillsets should be taught in each program.

They have asked us to share links to the criticality surveys for the CTE programs of study that will have their standards revised in 2022. The descriptions are from the current programs of study and are subject to change based on feedback from business and industry on the program standards. Please complete the survey(s) for the programs of study that are aligned with your organization and share broadly.

The first quarterly meetings are being spread out across late February and April and will be shared with this list and posted on the GOWINN website. To make sure you or others are included, please submit interest via this form.

GOWINN recently awarded $1,172,325 in funding to additional partners as part of the $13.8M Project SANDI, made possible by the Reimagine Workforce Preparation Grant. This funding is in addition to the $2M already awarded to Truckee Meadows Community College, Great Basin College, Western Nevada College, and College of Southern Nevada for short-term credentials and certifications. Funding is directly applied to tuition and supportive services that will benefit more than 400 individuals seeking skill development in Nevada's most high-demand careers.

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Nevada is featured in a new issue brief from the National Governors Association (NGA) spotlighting ways that Governors and state workforce system leaders are reconnecting workers to the labor force and to sustainable, high-quality employment, through new models of service delivery that have emerged amid the disruptions of COVID-19.

[State] was one of 10 states in the inaugural cohort of the NGA Workforce Innovation Network (NGA WIN), which launched last year as a nonpartisan learning and action collaborative for state leaders who have demonstrated strong commitments to building a resilient workforce. The new issue brief is the product of months of collaboration with NGA Center staff and a network of subject matter experts to design, launch and scale innovations to state service delivery systems for job seekers.

Please send relevant opportunities and updates to [email protected] to be included in future issues.