Kesmyre Smalls is a Senior at Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Texas majoring in Legal Studies and Criminology and a 2021 College Intern at Workforce Matters. How should youth and young adults be involved in helping to shape the public policies and investments that affect them? Youth/young adults should be Read more…
what we’re up to This Wednesday! Job Quality in 2021: Implications for Funders from the Gallup Great Jobs Survey NFG’s Funders for a Just Economy, Economic Opportunity Funders, and Workforce Matters invite you to a webinar sharing the latest data and implications from Gallup’s Great Jobs survey, an in-depth survey of nearly Read more…
what we’re up to 08/11 Webinar: Job Quality in 2021: Implications for Funders from the Gallup Great Jobs Survey NFG’s Funders for a Just Economy, Economic Opportunity Funders, and Workforce Matters invite you to a webinar sharing the latest data and implications from Gallup’s Great Jobs survey, an in-depth survey of Read more…
what we’re up to Seven Recommendations to Advance Racial Equity in the Workforce System In the latest guest post on our blog, Desmond Amuh and Paige Shevlin of the Markle Foundation along with Daniel Bustillo of the Healthcare Career Advancement Program (H-CAP) and Clair Minson of Sandra Grace LLC share recommendations to address racial Read more…
what we’re up to Looking to get more involved with Workforce Matters? Join us for our July Office Hours! Are you new to Workforce Matters? Just looking for information about how to get more involved? Join us for one of our monthly Office Hours, where you’ll have an opportunity to Read more…
what we’re up to Advancing Equity in the Workforce Ecosystem Twitter Chat Join Workforce Matters (@WFMFunders) and Working Nation (@WorkingNation) for a Twitter Chat on May 26 about our Racial Equity Framework for Workforce Development Funders. What are grantmakers doing well to advance workforce equity? What could they do more of? Read more…
With flexible funding flowing to states and localities via the American Rescue Plan, the recent announcement of new grants to expand Registered Apprenticeships, and the Biden Administration’s ambitious American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan proposals pending, the field of workforce development is anticipating a historic infusion of new public Read more…
In February 2021, Workforce Matters invited Byron Auguste, CEO and Co-Founder of Opportunity@Work and LaShana Lewis, CEO of L.M. Lewis Consulting and a technologist who also works on diversity, equity and inclusion in tech, to join our Steering Committee for a conversation about STARs — the 70+ million adults in Read more…
what we’re up to 2021 Budget and Policy Series Join Workforce Matters along with our colleagues at the Economic Opportunity Funders network for our upcoming 2021 Budget and Policy Series. During this three-part series, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about: Key provisions in the federal budget and recovery package; Read more…
Workforce Matters recently caught up with Rachel Korberg to check in on the progress of the Families and Workers Fund as it approaches its first anniversary. Rachel Korberg is currently a program officer at the Ford Foundation where she was a key member of the multi-foundation team that established the Families Read more…