NOVA Funding - Call for Action
We are writing to you to draw your attention to the devastating consequences that workers and businesses in the Silicon Valley are facing because of reductions and rescissions of Workforce Investment... continue reading »
"If not now, when? If not here, where? If government can serve a purpose, certainly it is to assist motivated, active individuals in pursuit of job opportunities and new careers in light of corporate closures and down sizing."
"They helped me get back on my feet on two separate occasions after I was laid off"
"I recently returned to work after spending four months at NOVA. I believe that my experience there was invaluable in getting me back to work (and paying taxes.) Not having had to look for a job in the past ten years, I believe that I would still be unempl"
"It is highly unfortunate that Congress does not put an end to the way the Bush administration is eroding everything that is meaningful to us. By cutting funds to programs such as NOVA, the needs and expectations of jobless Americans are pushed aside in fa"
"I found Nova to be a great help. It is an excelent program and is needed in a job market as bad as our current one"
"This is urgent given the general state of the economy, loss of middle class jobs, and general need to support our social infrastructure. There is NO BETTER way to spend monies than to provide displaced workers with the support and resources they need to f"
"ProMatch is exceedingly valuable in helping me in the search for a new position. The NOVA, ProMatch, and EDD staff as well as other members of ProMatch are valuable inspiration and resources in this difficult time."
"NOVA, a service for unemployed people, is needed more than ever now!"
"This is the wrong time to cut funding. Organizations such as ProMatch are most needed during economic downturns. It provides the best return on investment for the taxpayers. It moves people from collecting unemployment benefits to paying taxes. ProMatch p"
"ProMatch turned my life around by giving me the skills necessary to get good employment quickly. It pays for itself many times over in increased tax revenue."
"NOVA andProMatch were very valuable to me a few years ago."
"I've visited a couple CA Employment offices. NOVA was by far the best organized and positive experience."
"When I needed Nova, they were there to help me (and so many others)."
"NOVA and Promatch which recieve funds from the Workforce Investment Act has been invalvable in proparing me to find and more successfully become employeed. The organization also provides the needed pchological support I need while finding work. . At a tim"
