Workforce Matters hosted a post-election/2025 preview workforce policy briefing for funders last month with representatives from the National Skills Coalition, Unidos US, and the Joint Center. We are pleased to share key takeaways from the conversation below and welcome members Read more
Last month, Workforce Matters hosted an end-of-year workforce policy briefing with staff from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) to receive updates on ETA’s most recent investments about which philanthropic partners may want to inform their Read more
In April 2024, Workforce Matters initiated a series of discussions on the Impact of AI on Work and Workforce Development at our Further Together conference. Since that time, our members have continued to express interest in learning more about the Read more
Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters I’ve spent 19 years in municipal government, focusing on human and community service programs. My expertise lies in public workforce systems, where I have a strong Read more
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 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). 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 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 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 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 Read more