Calendar of upcoming conference calls

On October 14, Green For All hosted a call on how to develop relationships with employers and unions in order to connect participants of green job training programs with jobs after graduation.  On the call we heard from two training providers from our Community of Practice:

• Connie Ashbrook, Executive Director of Oregon Tradeswomen - Connie discussed how relationships with employers and unions have provided placement opportunities for the women this program serves.

• Patrick Brown, Program Coordinator and Instructor at OAI, Inc. / Greencorps Chicago - Patrick talked about how relationships with employers, combined with progressive city policy, has resulted in phenomenal placement rates for Greencorps Chicago, a program that largely serves individuals with criminal records and multiple barriers to employment.

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Applying for Pathways Out of Poverty Grants

Wednesday, August 19th

On August 19, Green For All hosted a how-to call on applying for Pathways Out of Poverty Grants. $150 million is available through these green job training grants, authorized by the Recovery Act and administered by the Department of Labor.

This call focused on how public or non-profit organizations can best craft successful grant applications. Green For All staff and other experts will discuss:

    •    Eligibility
    •    Identifying the right partnerships
    •    Review of the points values associated with each section of the application
    •    Making an application stand out
    •    How to minimize overlap of applications serving a given area
    •    Nuts & bolts of how to submit an application

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Community-led efforts to establish energy retrofit programs 

Thursday, July 16

Community organizations around the country are challenging their elected officials to establish programs that make energy efficiency retrofits accessible to all, and to make sure that the jobs created from those programs are good jobs with access points for people facing barriers to employment. On this call we featured three such community-led efforts:

• Mijin Cha, Urban Agenda, convener of the NYC Apollo Alliance     
• Andrew Butcher, GTECH Strategies, Pittsburgh, PA
• Louise Auerhahn, Working Partnerships USA, San Jose, CA

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Green Curriculum and Certification - A Green For All Community of Practice Learning Call

Wednesday, July 8th

Job training sites around the country are introducing or expanding programs to train workers for jobs in green construction, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and weatherization. Some develop their curriculum from scratch, while others purchase and modify existing curricula to meet their needs. The July 8th conference call featured:

• Carlos Martin, Consultant, Home Builders Institute
• Matt Anderson, Manager of Certifications, Building Performance Institute
• Jodi Pincus, Executive Director, Rising Sun Energy

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Green Pathways Out of Poverty through Partnerships and Recovery 

Thursday, June 4th

All across the country, exciting partnerships are forming. Unlikely allies are coming together to create model green job training programs that successfully build pathways out of poverty. And the Recovery Act includes green job training grants to fund these programs, for which the Department of Labor will begin soliciting proposals in June.

On this call presenters:

* discussed the Department of Labor's green jobs training grants;

* emphasized the importance of partnerships between community, labor, industry, higher education and workforce systems in order for programs to become successful and to qualify for the DOL green jobs training grants; and

Retrofitting America’s Cities – A Green For All Community of Practice Call

Tuesday, May 19

Home energy retrofits are a quick and effective way to lower energy bills, create jobs, and lower carbon pollution in America's cities. Well designed programs have little or no upfront cost to homeowners, pay for themselves through cost savings, and create good, green jobs for community-members who face barriers to employment.

Our Retrofitting America's Cities Conference Call
    * Introduced the elements of a city scale retrofit program
    * Discussed how Recovery Act funds can be leveraged to fund these programs
    * Highlighted model programs from 2 cities

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Efficiency Cities Network – conference call series

COWS, in collaboration with Green For All, is pulling together an informal policy learning network of government staff, researchers and technical assistance providers, and NGOs currently active in or committed to making scaled efforts at high-road energy retrofits of urban building stock. This conference call series features presentations on marketing, financing, marketing, coordination, among other aspects of establishing a city-scale retrofit program.

Click here for more information about past and future ECN calls.