A project of the Coalition for Clean Air, the California Clean Air Day initiative is built on the idea that shared experiences unite people to action to improve community health. By joining together for a unified day of action this October 6th, Californians can begin to create new habits to clear the air for all members of our diverse communities.
To raise awareness of local and regional air quality issues, grant funding of up to $1,000 is now available to groups and organizations to help make California Clean Air Day a state-wide success. These microgrants are intended to fund local activities, events, or projects that contribute to cleaning the air, encourage participants to take actions that will clean the air, and successfully engage at least 100 participants.
Examples of local projects could include educational events, art contests, tree plantings, no idling campaigns, bike rides, transit appreciate days and more. Awarded funds can be used for supplies, giveaways mailed or picked up, postage, marketing expenses, etc.
To be eligible for funding, the local project must occur on or within the week of California Clean Air Day on October 6, 2021. Interested parties are encouraged to check-out the program’s full eligibility requirements and complete a grant application by the August 6th submission deadline.
Join the NNTW, NTTD, and NLTAPA in welcoming back V2Y Conference plenary speaker Jonathan Fanning for a 90-minute session on how creative leadership can help build a culture of innovation. This September 30th webinar (11:00am ET) has only 500 slots available, so early registration is recommended.
Jonathan Fanning is the author of several books, including Who are you BECOMING? and has been coaching leaders – from Fortune 500 executives to sole proprietors – for over 15 years. If you are familiar with TED talks, Jonathan was voted the best speaker at a recent TED conference. A traumatic car accident and several other “Frying Pan” moments in the middle of Fanning’s career as a management consultant to Fortune 500 companies triggered a quest for a deeper sense of purpose, meaning, and significance. “Who are you BECOMING?” and “Who are you helping others to BECOME?” became central to Jonathan’s life, businesses, and speaking.
Apprenticeship Program Best Practices Guide
The Highway Construction Apprenticeship Development Guide—a companion piece to the Playbook—was developed by CITT’s Education and Workforce Development Analyst Deanna Matsumoto and Research Assistant Caitlin Mace, as part of a Southwest Transportation Workforce Center grant awarded to CITT by FHWA. As part of her work, Matsumoto and a team of research assistants conducted semi-structured telephone interviews with the Working Groups/Task Forces for ten out of the twelve HCWP pilot locations in order to gain insight on each Working Group’s best practices. The Guide matches pilot program recommendations with plays from the Playbook. A future update of the FHWA Playbook will incorporate CITT’s work to produce a final, comprehensive document.
The Guide also develops additional recommendations for future career development programs, building upon those addressed in the Playbook. It recommends implementing many progressive strategies for outreach such as using social media to recruit workers, creating a “no wrong door” policy that seeks to fit potential workers into positions that best suit their skills, and targeting areas where mobility infrastructure development was a high need, thereby facilitating economic development for communities through mobility in addition to job creation. Other innovative recommendations included facilitating childcare services for employees, addressing transportation obstacles through ride-sharing and similar programs, and case management services to assist with external factors that play into career success such as housing, food insecurity, substance abuse, and financial literacy education. These recommendations were all pulled from best practices identified through the interviews with the FHWA Pilot Program managers.