Exploring the increasing role that community colleges are playing as a greater percentage of U.S. residents are made up of immigrants, Christopher Connell's report, The Vital Role of Community Colleges in the Education and Integration of Immigrants features Port Jobs' own Airport University.
Seattle Times article, "Truckers who keep Port humming are pushed to brink as costs soar" by Seattle Times staff report Bob Young.(6/15/08).
Sectoral Strategies for Low-Income Workers video of the briefing on Capitol Hill on February 13, 2008 features Susan Crane, former Executive Director of Port Jobs.
Showcased in Aspen Institute’s book: Sectoral Strategies for Low-Income Workers: Lessons from the Field, 2007 (see pages 40, 68, and 82). Also featured in Sector Strategies In Brief.
Recipient of Governor’s Best Practice Award in Workforce Development for Airport Security Screener Project, 2003.
Designated Outstanding Community Partner by South Seattle Community College in 2004.
Invited by Lumina Foundation/ Academy for Educational Development to be part of the Partnerships for College Access and Success Pilot Project, 2004.
Invited to present at Brookings Institution Symposium on Low-Income Car Ownership: New Policy for Employment and Family Well-Being, 2005.
Invited by Annie E. Casey Foundation to create Washington state’s first Center for Working Families at Airport Jobs in 2006.
Recipient of Governor’s Best Practice Award in Workforce Development for FSET Project, 2006.
Designated for Special Congressional Funding for Airport University by U.S. Senator Patty Murray, 2008.
Invited to be a featured panelist at Congressional Briefing sponsored by the Workforce Alliance, and hosted by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, 2008.
Helped others replicate successful Port Jobs programs, e.g. Denver (Airport Jobs Center), St. Paul Minnesota (Apprenticeship Opportunities Project, BWI (Airport Jobs Center), Portland (AOP) and Providence, R.I. (AOP) and Tacoma (Working Wheels).
Invited to Participate in National Transportation Research Board Project on Models for Airport Workforce Development, final report due in early 2010.
PORT JOBS RECEIVES FUNDING AND IN-KIND SUPPORT FROM THE PORT OF SEATTLE