Event Listings & Calendar

External Event: Hosted by the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP). For event questions or issues: amanda@nawdp.org

NAWDP’s Foundations of Workforce Development Virtual Academy is designed to help new workforce professionals build the knowledge, confidence, and practical understanding needed to succeed in this fast-moving field.

Join us for an America’s Talent Strategy Series webinar that brings together state workforce and education leaders to discuss strategies to help more Americans participate in the workforce and advance into jobs in a growing and evolving economy. Participants will learn about various strategies to support worker mobility, with a focus on expanding workforce participation, reducing barriers to employment and mobility, and strengthening career navigation and advancement.

Meghan Wills, Senior TA Consultant, American Institutes for Research

Erica Tew, Director of WIOA Administration, Connecticut Department of Labor

Paul Patterson, Associate Director of Career Training, Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Britta Blodgett, Assistant Director of Strategic Engagement, Colorado Workforce Development Council

Navigating real property can be complex, but DOL-ETA experts are here to help. This session will provide guidance on real property issues, including using grant funds for capital expenditures and other real property costs, depreciation, maintaining insurance, handling idle facilities and idle facility capacity, retaining records, disposing of real property acquired with ETA grant funds, renting real property, and using/disposing of State Workforce Agency (SWA) real property with Federal equity.

Lorraine Jamison, Division Chief of the Division of Financial Management & Administrative Services, Region 6

Steve Malliaras, Division Chief of the Division of Workforce Security, Region 6

Conrad Kohler-Tiedeman, Accountant, Region 1

External Event: Hosted by the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP). For event questions or issues: david@nawdp.org

The National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP) Youth Symposium will be in San Antonio, TX, November 16-18, 2026. This year’s theme, Mission: Possible, is about what happens when the workforce development field comes together.