what we're up to
October Office Hours are Friday, 10/08
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 share information about your interests, learn more about Workforce Matters, and connect with other workforce grantmakers who are also seeking out learning and partnership opportunities. Our next Office Hours will be Friday, Ocotober 8th at 12:00 pm eastern.
on our calendar
Supporting Community College Students with Quality Jobs
Oct 7th | 3:00 pm ET | New America | Online
Building a More Robust and Equitable Unemployment Insurance System for a 21st Century Economy
Oct 8th 1:00 pm ET | Economic Opportunity Funders | Online
What Does it Take To Transform Persistent Rural Poverty into Opportunity?
Oct 13th | 2:30 pm ET | Urban Institute | Online
Toward Universal Work-Related Benefits
Oct 13th | 2:00 pm ET | Aspen Institute | Online
Rebuilding for All - 2021 Global Inclusive Growth Summit
Oct 14th | Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and the Aspen Institute | Online
Racism and the Economy: Focus on the Wealth Divide
Oct 20th | 12:00 pm EDT | Federal Reserve Bank | Online
Learn More + Register
Emergency Cash Benefits: Lessons From Innovation and Rapid Response
October 20th, 1:00 pm ET | Economic Opportunity Funders | Online
Supporting Innovative State Policies: A Case Study of State EITCs
Oct 21st | 1:00 pm ET | EITC Funders Network, Asset Funders Network, and Economic Opportunity Funders | Online
Advance CTE 2021 Fall Meeting
Oct 27-28th | 11:30 pm ET | Online
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new information + resources
Mismatched: The Philanthropic Response to the Call for Racial Justice
Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE)
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CTC Work Requirements Would Reduce Access for Many
CLASP
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Digital Skills and Older Workers: Supporting Success in Training and Employment in the Digital World
Urban Institute
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Five ways regional leaders can prepare future infrastructure workers now
Brookings Institution
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Increase Adult Ed Funding to Meet Need, Drive Economic Recovery
CLASP
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Regulatory Clarity Could Transform the ISA Market
JFF
Black and brown workers saw the weakest wage gains over a 40-year period in which employers failed to increase wages with productivity
Economic Policy Institute
Working Nation
The Indispensable Institution: Taking the Measure of Community College Workforce Education
Opportunity America
Announcements
IREC, a nonprofit working toward a 100% clean energy future that is reliable, resilient, and equitable, is currently hiring for a Director of Workforce Programs and an Elearning Instructional Designer. Learn More
Many workforce leaders have expressed interest in learning how to conduct their own worker-focused research and have asked for tools to help them build worker input into the design and delivery of programs and business services. In response, Aspen Workforce Strategies Initiative recently announced the release of two beta tools: a guide to conducting worker focus groups and a tool for conducting worker surveys.
The WES Mariam Assefa Fund is looking to identify and fund promising new ideas from organizations working with employers to advance more inclusive practices that improve economic mobility for immigrants and refugees in the U.S. The Fund is particularly excited to meet organizations that: are led and staffed by people who bring lived experience from immigrant and refugee communities and communities of color; center workers’ voices and perspectives in how they design and implement their solutions; and bring a systems-change mindset. Learn More
The National Governors Association is hiring for multiple workforce-focused positions:
- Policy Analyst, Workforce Development & Economic Policy (workforce development focus): Learn More
- Policy Analyst, Workforce Development & Economic Policy (economic policy focus): Learn More
- Legislative Director (education & workforce). Learn More
The Coleridge Initiative has announced a $5M Data Challenge designed to support the further collaboration of state agencies with each other and with their partner organizations that will result in the development of innovative products – such as new linkages of data, data dashboards, data portals, APIs, data models, or code repositories. Learn More
