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 development and workforce development; and how their efforts resulted in 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 the agenda, we know we will have some fantastic Atlanta 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 programs to meet local economic need. PAYA was launched with 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 pm). Space is limited – please email us to reserve 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 developed with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Equity Read more…
The Workforce Matters Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning learning network hosted three guests to learn more about how apprenticeship and work-based learning are being deployed in North Carolina: Tony Marshall, President and CEO of Innovative Systems Group, is a North Carolina business leader who is using cybersecurity apprenticeships to build a Read more…
We will provide some general updates in addition to spending some time on: Perkins reauthorization and what that will mean for workforce field Higher Education Act reauthorization preview Bring your questions and concerns–we’ll build in time for discussion! A recording of this conversation is now available in our Video Library.
During Part II of this two-part webinar series, we’ll be joined by representatives of the Walmart Foundation and Lumina Foundation who will share information about how their organizations have approached employer practice change. This conversation is scheduled for Tuesday, 2:30-4:00 pm Eastern/1:30 pm Central/12:30 pm Mountain/11:30 am Pacific. Click here to register. A Read more…
In partnership with the Race Matters Institute, Workforce Matters has delivered a four-part webinar series for funders focused on racial equity in workforce development over the past year. Slides and materials from all four sessions can be found on our Race Equity Learning Network page on Mobilize. Our final virtual workshop this year Read more…
During Part I of this two-part webinar series, Laura Roberts – the Head of Workforce Programs of FSG and previously a Program Associate at the Rockefeller Foundation – and Rockefeller Foundation Associate Director Alyson Wise will join us to share insights and key take-aways from FSG’s Accelerating Employer Practice Change Read more…