Education & Workforce Funder Briefing: Advance CTE’s National Career Cluster Framework
In December 2022, Advance CTE launched the Advancing the Framework initiative to modernize the National Career Clusters Framework in response to growing feedback from the field about the need to align the Framework to the realities of learning and work today and for the future. Join us on September 19, Read more…
Postsecondary Funders Discussion
Zoom (link to be sent upon registration)Join Workforce Matters for a small group conversation for funders investing at the intersection of postsecondary education and workforce development to plan our programming and next steps in this space. By invitation only. Please email info@workforce-matters.org for more information.
Apprenticeship Funders Peer Learning Call
Zoom (link to be sent upon registration)Join Workforce Matters during National Apprenticeship Week for a peer-to-peer learning call for funders investing in apprenticeships. Share strategies, learnings, and questions with your peers in a small group setting. Participation is limited to grantmaking members of Workforce Matters. Email info@workforce-matters.org for more information on how to register.
Webinar: Impact of AI on Workers and Economic Opportunity
Zoom (link to be sent upon registration)Building on the Understanding the Impact of AI on Work and Workforce Development session at our Spring 2024 Further Together conference, this webinar will provide you with an opportunity to learn more about efforts to understand the impact of AI on workers and economic opportunity and to connect with peers Read more…
Post-Election Workforce Policy Briefing for Grantmakers with NSC, Joint Center, and Unidos
Join Workforce Matters and partners from National Skills Coalition, the Joint Center, and Unidos for a post-election workforce policy briefing for grantmakers. What's on the horizon? How should we prepare ourselves and our grantees? This event is free to all grantmaking members of Workforce Matters. Registration is required.
The State of Economic Well-Being: Employment & Workforce Development
Join Youth Transition Funders Group for the third installment of a 3-part series focused on the state of economic well-being for young people. This session is co-sponsored by Workforce Matters, and participation is limited to grantmakers. Registration is required. During this session, speakers will weigh in on what it means Read more…
End of Year Workforce Policy Briefing with the U.S. DOL Employment and Training Administration
Workforce Matters grantmaking members are invited to join members of the U.S. DOL Employment and Training Administration for a year-end workforce policy briefing as you plan for 2025 and beyond. This event is free for Workforce Matters' grantmaking members. Registration is required.
Peer Learning Strategy Session 1: Navigating the Current Federal Funding Environment
Join Workforce Matters' Co-Directors and Steering Committee members in conversation about the Administration’s federal spending policies and their implications for workforce funders, our grantees, and the communities we serve. In this funder-only conversation, participants will have a chance to share and learn what workforce funders are hearing from their grantees, […]
EOF Budget Briefing Debrief Call with Workforce Matters
Join Workforce Matters and the National Skills Coalition on March 27 for a funder-only conversation debriefing the Economic Opportunity Funders' 2025 Budget Briefing, which will be held earlier in the week on March 25. Approved registrants for this call will also receive access to the livestream and recording of EOF's Read more…
Peer Learning Strategy Session 2: Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Workers
Join a conversation with Lauren Crain of the WES Mariam Assefa Fund and Ranita Jain of the Annie E. Casey Foundation on supporting immigrant and refugee workers and the organizations that serve them during these times. Ranita and Lauren will each briefly share about their organization’s strategies and how they Read more…
Peer Learning Strategy Session 3: Advancing Workforce Equity – What it looks like in 2025
Join a conversation with Lauren King of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Robin Boggs of Accenture, and other corporate and foundation leaders about what it is like to continue to support efforts that advance workforce equity in these changing times. In this conversation you will share and learn more about how Read more…
Peer Learning Strategy Session 4: Investing in Disability Justice and Inclusion in Workforce Development
Join a conversation with Elaine Katz of The Kessler Foundation and Tuquan Harrison of The James Irvine Foundation. Tuquan and Elaine will share more about their respective commitments to investing in Disability Justice and Inclusion in Workforce Development, how they’ve partnered together and why they are strong advocates for prioritizing Read more…