Job Training

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis received a $500,000 grant to help bring more professional development, job training and family assistance to women in the area.

With $1 million in funding from the federal government, R3 Development leaders hope they can be operational with their expansion in about 18 months.

Propel Kitchens, located in Pagedale, gives people a second chance by combining career training with care that goes above and beyond a traditional food industry job.

Military spouses at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri’s Ozarks now have a single place where they can go get information, help finding a job or education opportunities and network with other spouses of soldiers.

Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville will receive a $595,000 grant to be become a U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Assessment Center.

The Veterans Curation Program teaches former troops how to do curation work, while also preparing them for jobs in other fields.

There isn’t a specific path for the state’s vision of zeroing out carbon emissions by 2050 and ensuring areas overburdened by past pollution fully benefit from the growing green economy.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday visited Clyde Miller Career Academy in St. Louis, which offers training in hospitality, manufacturing and other fields besides preparing students for college. The governor said he'd like to see more of Missouri's high schools offer career training to help fill the state's nearly 150,000 open jobs.

A local nonprofit is trying out a new strategy using personal coaches to help women pivot careers and land better-paying jobs. St. Louis Public Radio spoke with women over the first nine months of the program to see how it shaped their lives.

A career services nonprofit will launch a geospatial careers program to increase the number of women, particularly women of color, in the industry.