You’re invited to join Workforce Matters May 20th through 22nd in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for a free Funders Learning Tour. Wisconsin is home to the oldest system of Registered Apprenticeship in the nation and one of the oldest state youth apprenticeship programs. On this site Read more
The ever-shifting work and learn landscape has made selecting an education and training program a more high-stakes choice for students and workers than ever before. Meanwhile, businesses struggle to understand what the 334,000+ credentials available to US workers mean, making Read more
Join Workforce Matters for a webinar from 2:30-3:30 pm eastern on May 2nd to learn about efforts that are underway at the federal, state, and local levels to take a closer look at the inequities in the criminal justice system Read more
Workforce Matters members attending the Council on Foundations Leading Together Conference – as well as any other members who will be in Miami at the end of April – are invited to join us for a networking reception the evening Read more
Join Workforce Matters for a webinar from 2-2:30 pm EDT with Patrick Combs, director of the Nashville Career Advancement Center (NCAC). Patrick will share about his participation in the National League of Cities’ Equitable Economic Development Fellowship; Nashville’s efforts to connect economic development and workforce Read more
Join Workforce Matters for a webinar from 2:30-3 pm EDT with Jason Ewas and Alexandra Valdez of the City of Boston’s Economic Mobility Lab. Jason and Alexandra will share about their participation in the National League of Cities’ Equitable Economic Development Fellowship; their efforts to connect economic Read more
Workforce Matters is excited to announce that we will have an in-person race equity learning network meeting in Atlanta, GA on February 26, 2019 from 11:45 am to 5 pm, followed by a networking dinner. While we are still finalizing Read more
The Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA) will award 4-8 grants later this year of up to ~$200,000 each to support partnerships of employers, education institutions, community partners, and policy leaders who are working together to build high-quality youth apprenticeship Read more
Workforce grantmakers attending the NSC Skills Summit are invited to join us for an informal networking dinner. We’ll convene at a restaurant near the conference hotel immediately following the Skills Summit awards reception (which is scheduled to end at 6:00 Read more
Workforce Matters will be hosting a webinar with Laura Dresser of the Center on Wisconsin Strategies on Thursday, January 24th at 2 pm eastern/11 am pacific. COWS will be sharing information about Equity in Apprenticeship, a new collection of resources Read more