Tennessee Community Services Block Grants meeting Critical Needs During COVID-19 Pandemic
May 31, 2021
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) and partnering agencies are recognizing the important impact the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) has been able to make in communities over the last year.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announces Reemployment Push to Address Historic Year for Job Loss
December 9, 2020
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Jeff McCord today announced a new campaign, “Let’s Get to Work Tennessee,” to help Tennesseans find and obtain meaningful employment.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announces Reconnect to Workforce Partnership
November 14, 2020
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has announced Reconnect to Workforce, a partnership between the Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s Tennessee Reconnect program and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development that will assist up to 500,000 Tennesseans claiming unemployment benefits to earn a college degree while fulfilling work search requirements.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
United States Extended Benefits Program Ends November 7th
October 31, 2020
Nashville, TN – The United States Department of Labor (USDOL) informed the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) late Thursday afternoon the Extended Benefits (EB) program will end in the state on Saturday, November 7th, 2020.
Tennessee Department of Labor announces Federal Extended Benefits Program ends Saturday
October 30, 2020
Nashville, TN – The United States Department of Labor (USDOL) informed the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) late Thursday afternoon the Extended Benefits (EB) program will end in the state on Saturday, October 31st.
Federal Unemployment Benefits May End Soon for Many Claimants
October 29, 2020
Nashville, TN – Many Tennesseans currently receiving unemployment benefits through programs funded by the CARES Act could be nearing the end of their weekly payments.
Unemployment Claimants Work Search Requirement to Resume
September 14, 2020
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) will once again ask unemployment claimants to complete weekly work searches beginning Sunday, October 4th, 2020.
Claimants who choose to continue receiving unemployment benefits will start work search activities during the week of Sunday, September 27th.
Tennessee Department of Education announces $2 Million Grow Your Own Grant for Innovative, No-Cost Pathways to Teaching Profession
August 4, 2020
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Department of Education has announced the Grow Your Own Competitive Grant, which makes available twenty grants of $100,000 each to form or expand state-recognized Grow Your Own Partnerships to increase access and remove barriers to the teaching profession.
Grant will Expand ‘Grow Your Own’ Partnerships to Strengthen Teacher Pipeline in Tennessee
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announces Additional $115 Million for Local Governments to Support COVID-19 Response
July 20, 2020
Nashville, TN – Today, Monday, Julyu 20t, 2020, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Financial Stimulus Accountability Group announced an additional $115 million in Coronavirus Relief Funds will be made available to local governments to offset costs incurred from responding to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
White House summit on reopening American schools
July 7, 2020
Washington, D.C. – In the weeks ahead, educators and government officials at the state and local level will be making important decisions about when to safely reopen America’s schools.
“Our shared goal should be to have students physically present in school this fall if at all possible,” the President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Sally Goza, said at a White House summit today on Safely Reopening America’s Schools.
Second Lady Karen Pence delivers remarks at White House summit on Safely Reopening America’s Schools
