JOAN KURIANSKYEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

WIDER OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENWWW.WOWONLINE.ORG

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

GREEN TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN

PATH TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Creating Jobs is the Other Side of the Equation of Job Training

American Reinvestment and Recovery ActMore can be done

Executive Order 13123 (1999): Greening the GovernmentNew York State Executive Order: Establishing a state green

procurement and agency

Ensure that Women are Hired for Green Jobs

Climate Change Bill: Green Construction Careers Demonstration Project

Incentives to Employers Building Collaborative Relationships: Megaprojects Community Benefit Agreements or Project Labor

Agreements

The Green Economy Can Women Move Toward Self-Sufficiency

More than half of working women clustered in only 5% of the 500 BLS job categories

Median Self-Sufficiency Standard for single mom with one child $24,000 yet 60% of single moms live below the national median

Green Jobs hold the Promise of well paying jobs: Can Increase wages by 20 to 30%

Not all Green Jobs are Good Jobs

Sector ApproachSet Goal of Self-Sufficiency in the Workforce systemJob Training and Supports

Current Federal Opportunities

Pathways Out of Poverty grant programsDOL Guidance Letter on ImplementationDOT Set Aside for training and supportsPromoting registered apprenticeship in trades

Upcoming Federal Legislative Opportunities

WIN ActWorkforce Investment Act

ReauthorizationSECTOR ActTANF Reauthorization

Women can be Great for the Green Economy