Event Listings & Calendar

Join us for a valuable webinar designed for 2022 Employment and Training Administration (ETA) YouthBuild grantees [Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)-ETA-23-17]. We’ll review key data and discuss how to benchmark your performance against your goals. This is a great opportunity to gain insights as you close out your grant. Please see the event description for pre-webinar action items.

Amanda Brenner, Workforce Analyst, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

External Event hosted by National Center on Leadership for the Employment and Economic Advancement of People with Disabilities (LEAD Center).
Contact info@leadcenter.org for event questions or issues.

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires memorandums of understanding (MOUs) between workforce boards and the statutory partners in the one-stop delivery system. Join this webinar to hear from workforce leaders about strategies for crafting/implementing effective MOUs.

LaMia Chapman, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

Yvonne Wright, Co-Project Director, LEAD Center

Drew Thomason, Senior Consulting Manager, Kerber, Eck & Braeckel LLP

Mike Baker, Manager of Strategic Planning and Innovation, Office of Employment and Training, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

Ronesha Love, Operations Manager, American Job Center for Lancaster and Saunders Counties, Nebraska

Join us for a valuable webinar designed for 2023 Employment and Training Administration (ETA) YouthBuild grantees [Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)-ETA-24-36]. We’ll review key data and discuss how to benchmark your performance against your goals. This is a great opportunity to check your progress, gain insights, and explore effective strategies.

Amanda Brenner, Workforce Analyst, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

This orientation is led by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Apprenticeship, and will provide State Apprenticeship Expansion Formula - Round 4 (SAEF4) grantees with an overview of their new grant award including allowable activities, performance reporting resources, federal and grantee staff roles and responsibilities, and more!

Marek Laco, Acting Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration

Megan Baird, Acting Administrator, Office of Apprenticeship

Mary Ricchezza, Program Analyst, Office of Apprenticeship

Shelia Lewis, Program Analyst, Office of Apprenticeship

Brinda Ruggles, Grant Officer, Office of Grants Management

LaQuisha Barnes, Grants Management Specialist/Team Leader, Office of Grants Management

External Event - Building the Workforce for the Golden Age – A Regional Perspective Hosted by the ETA Philadelphia Regional Office. Send all questions, issues, or requests to RO2-RA-PHL@dol.gov.

In December 2025, DOL announced the availability of YouthBuild funding via FOA-ETA-26-38, which closed on March 2, 2026. DOL anticipates announcing these awards in late spring / early summer 2026, and invites those awardees to this session, which will walk you through everything you need to know as you prepare to launch your program and begin enrolling participants.

Amanda Brenner, Workforce Analyst, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

Michelle Lee-Jones, Workforce Development Specialist, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

Stephanie Peña, Workforce Analyst, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

External Event: This event is hosted by Jobs for the Future. For all questions, issues, or requests, please contact events@jff.org.

This event will convene federal, state, and workforce leaders for Scaling Registered Apprenticeship: The Road to One Million, a conversation on what it will take to expand high-quality Registered Apprenticeship nationwide. Marek Laco, Acting Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, will deliver opening remarks.

Marek Laco, Acting Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

Shonda Anderson, Director, Kansas Office of Registered Apprenticeship

Megan Baird, Acting Administrator, Office of Apprenticeship, U.S. Department of Labor

Maria Flynn, President and CEO, Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Chris MacLarion, Director, Office of Apprenticeship, Maryland Department of Labor

Myriam Sullivan, Associate Vice President, JFF’s Center for Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving the overall economy, with healthcare being an early adopter of innovative strategies. From hospital wings to clinics to back-office operations, AI tools are changing how care is documented, how diagnoses are reached, and how clinicians spend their time. These shifts are redefining roles and raising a pressing question: How do we prepare workers to thrive in an AI-enabled healthcare sector.

This is the third of three webinars in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Industry-Driven Skills Training Fund Performance Reporting Orientation series. Grantees will learn about generating a Quarterly Performance Report (QPR) and reviewing progress toward grant outcomes.

Kristen Hefley, Grant Co-Lead, Office of Workforce Investment, Division of Strategic Initiatives

Gregory Scheib, Grant Co-Lead, Office of Workforce Investment, Division of Strategic Initiatives

External Event: Hosted by Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability (EARN). Send all questions, issues, or requests to: earn@askearn.org

Join the Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability (EARN) and the Manufacturing Institute for a free webinar exploring today's manufacturing landscape and practical strategies for strengthening the workforce. 

Ellice Switzer, Extension Associate, Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability

Jordan Morang, Director, Workforce Innovation & Policy, Manufacturing Institute