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Tennessee Labor Program Releases Yearly Numbers

https://news.tn.gov/node/11046

The Tennessee Department of Labor has just released its yearly numbers from the Adult and Dislocated Worker Program.                                  

The program has a local focus:  it provides classroom and on-the-job training focused on local communities, in order to increase worker employability and pay and to provide local employers with skilled workers. The training is partially funded through the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

In the 12 months that ended in March, more than 6,000 Tennessee workers were enrolled in the program. The most popular training programs statewide are in Health Sciences, Transportation Operations, Green Energy, and Information Technology (see inset). 

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.