San Diego Workforce Partnership

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The San Diego Workforce Partnership (SDWP) is the leader for innovative workforce solutions in San Diego County. We fund and deliver job training programs that enable all job seekers to develop the skills and knowledge needed for in-demand careers. SDWP also provides ongoing labor market research on the region’s workforce trends and key industries. Its vision is to ensure that every business in our region has access to a skilled workforce and every job seeker has access to meaningful employment.

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Location

United States, California, San Diego

Employees

51-200

Phone

+1 619-228-2900

Founded date

1974

Mentions in press and media 18

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Dec 31, 2022	Zero-Waste FutureStitch Launches Employment Program For Justice-Impacted Women	About six years ago, serial entrepreneur Taylor Shupe founded San Clemente, Cal-based FutureStitch to make knitwear using a circular, zero-waste system. Now, he’s introducing a program to recruit and employ formerly incarcerated women at a ...
Sep 8, 2022	Unanswered cries: Why California faces a shortage of mental health workers	In summary With demand rising for mental health care, and providers in short supply, experts explain how California got here – and where we may be headed. The need for therapists, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists is greater t...
Jul 20, 2022	San Diego Workforce Partnership Welcomes New Board Chair	Rick Vaccari, a retired executive at Sempra Energy, is taking over the board chair on an interim basis at San Diego Workforce Partnership. Rick Vaccari Board Chair SD Workforce Partnership Sammy Totah Senior VP, Area Manager Kaiser Permanen...
Mar 7, 2022	Chase foundation gives $400K to San Diego group for health care job programs	Jobs in health care tend to pay well and a new program hopes to get disadvantaged San Diego workers into badly needed positions. The San Diego Workforce Partnership said Monday it had been given a $400,000 grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foun...
Oct 18, 2021	Bay Area software startup Groove to double San Diego workforce after raising $45 million	When Bay Area software startup Groove set up a satellite location in San Diego roughly two years ago, Chief Executive Chris Rothstein envisioned it as just a sales shop. But Groove had good luck attracting employees in the region. Some of i...
Jul 26, 2021	Partners	The San Diego Workforce Partnership along with help from the city of San Diego, is expanding three workforce training programs that help underrepresented communities secure quality jobs and help them start meaningful careers in both the pub...
May 12, 2021	Foundation Funds Cyber Career Push	The San Diego Workforce Partnership has received a two-year grant of $1.5 million from The James Irvine Foundation to fund CyberHire San Diego — a movement that aims to increase the number of unemployed, underemployed and low-wage workers i...
Mar 26, 2021	San Diego unemployment drops to 7.2%	San Diego County unemployment dropped to 7.2 percent in February, down from 8.1 percent the previous month, as COVID-19 restrictions eased on bars and restaurants. State labor officials reported Friday that jobless rates improved throughout...
Mar 8, 2021	What to do when your occupation is no longer around	Did your job disappear and you don’t know it yet? Economists are warning that millions of jobs will disappear as a result of the pandemic. Here, tens of thousands of San Diegans are still out of work over a year after the pandemic first sta...
Jan 22, 2021	San Diego unemployment rises to 8% after state put in new COVID-19 restrictions	San Diego County’s jobless rate rose to 8 percent in December as many businesses were closed again to stop the spread of COVID-19. The jobless rate hit 6.6 percent in November — the lowest level since the pandemic began — right before the c...
Oct 28, 2020	When a Pandemic Upends Labor Markets, Will a New Workforce ISA Fund Work?	Since arriving from Mexico at age 18 in 2002, Abraham Cachu has dabbled in technology, starting with music software. A self-taught programmer, he found on-and-off work building websites, managing social media and handling e-commerce for den...
Sep 18, 2020	San Diego unemployment falls below double digits for first time in months	San Diego County’s unemployment rate in August dropped to its lowest level, 9.9 percent, since the pandemic began. While still high by historic standards, it is improved from May when the jobless rate for the county hit 15.2 percent — its h...
Jul 17, 2020	San Diego County’s unemployment rate dropped in June but COVID surge could reverse gains	San Diego County’s unemployment rate dropped to 13.9 percent in June, but the numbers don’t reflect the recent resurgence of COVID-19 cases that have shut down parts of the economy. The jobless rate was down from 15.2 percent the previous m...
Jun 19, 2020	San Diego employers added 18K jobs in May. Unemployment rate unchanged at 15%	San Diego County’s unemployment rate barely budged in May at 15 percent as employers added 18,200 jobs amid a gradual reopening of businesses across the county. The county’s jobless rate is the same as the previous month. It was still highe...
May 22, 2020	San Diego unemployment hit 15% in April, highest ever recorded	San Diego County’s unemployment rate rose to 15 percent in April, its highest on record with data going back to 1990, state labor officials said Friday. Early job losses tied to COVID-19 closures were hardest hit, especially in leisure and ...
May 18, 2020	San Diego Workforce Partnership: Message from Director of Business Services, Rachel Merfalen	Rachel Merfalen, Director of Business Services, San Diego Workforce Partnership For a business owner or manager, one of the most difficult parts of the job is laying off an employee. Yet over the last eight weeks, hundreds of businesses wer...
Sep 7, 2016	Workforce Partnership Gets $400,000 Grant for Retail Worker Training	The San Diego Workforce Partnership has been selected to receive a $400,000 grant from the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership, as part of a nationwide effort to increase economic mobility for workers in retail and related sectors. A stateme...

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FAQ about San Diego Workforce Partnership

When was San Diego Workforce Partnership founded?

San Diego Workforce Partnership was founded in 1974.

What has the press written about San Diego Workforce Partnership?

Parsers VC has collected 18 articles mentioning San Diego Workforce Partnership, among them “Zero-Waste FutureStitch Launches Employment Program For Justice-Impacted Women” (Dec 31, 2022) and “Unanswered cries: Why California faces a shortage of mental health workers” (Sep 8, 2022).

Is San Diego Workforce Partnership still active?

Yes, San Diego Workforce Partnership is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 29, 2026.