This week (November 17-23, 2024), the U.S. Department of Labor celebrates the 10th anniversary of National Apprenticeship Week. Over the past 9 years, the Office of Registered Apprenticeships has seen tremendous growth, including over 2.3 million new Registered Apprentices representing over 80% growth, over 23,000 new Registered Apprenticeship programs and Read more…
Recapping our time at the SHIFT Conference In September, members of the Workforce Matters team joined hundreds of workforce leaders and practitioners in Memphis, Tennessee to participate in the SHIFT Conference hosted by the National Fund for Workforce Solutions (NFWS). Together with peers from around the country, we laughed, danced, Read more…
Many have called the 2024 election one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime, and perhaps they’re right. However, without understating the importance of this 2024 election and its results, it’s possible that Americans in previous centuries felt the same way, and they too were right. Whether you believe Read more…
Little Big Horn College is a tribal land-grant community college located on the Crow Nation in Crow Agency, Montana. The college campus is located on the banks of the Little Big Horn River in Montana. In 2021, the college initiated the Apsáalooke Hybrid Apprenticeship Program. The program is designed for young Read more…
Over the last year, Workforce Matters has launched two surveys in order to collect and respond to your feedback: one of our field partners and Fund for Workforce Equity Round 1 applicants (Sept. 2023-Jan. 2024) and one of our grantmaking members (April 2024-July 2024). Our spring member survey also included Read more…
In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month this October, Workforce Matters asked two of our members, Elaine Katz from the Kessler Foundation and Tuquan Harrison from the James Irvine Foundation, to briefly share about their work to invest in and advance opportunities for workers and learners with disabilities. People Read more…
Tell us briefly about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. I have extensive experience in the public sector, including leading Michigan’s Talent Investment Agency, which was responsible for implementing new strategies to expand effective workforce development opportunities. My passion for workforce development emerged from this experience. Joining Workforce Read more…
On Aug 12, 2024, Funders for a Just Economy, Workforce Matters, Ford Foundation, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance, Raise the Floor Alliance, Arriba Las Vegas, Warehouse Workers for Justice, and the International Association of Bridge Structural Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers co-sponsored an educational webinar Read more…
As a philanthropy-serving organization uniquely focused on workforce development through our support of workforce grantmakers, Workforce Matters cares deeply about the field of workforce development, workers, learners, and all those who work daily to find innovative solutions to workforce challenges. We envision a workforce development field where funders work effectively with all Read more…
Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. I currently lead The Broad Foundation’s (TBF) pathways to good jobs portfolio, which provides youth and adults with the skills, social capital, and workforce training to secure family-wage earning employment. Before joining TBF, I led education, Read more…