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By The Numbers

SUPPORTING INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

89

The National Fund supported 89 industry partnerships in 2018 to improve business and workforce systems and make jobs better.

ACTIVATING EMPLOYERS

 

2,311

The National Fund network activated over 2,300 employers to implement demand-driven workforce solutions in 2018.

CO-INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES

 

$384m

Since 2007, the National Fund has catalyzed $384 million in co-investment from over 800 local and national funders.

REGIONAL COLLABORATIVES

30

The National Fund is proud to support 30 regional funding collaboratives located across the country. Regional collaboratives bring together diverse partners to tackle workforce challenges and build stronger communities.

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Our Formula for Success

The National Fund for Workforce Solutions invests in a dynamic national network of 30+ communities taking a demand-driven, evidence-based approach to workforce development.
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Respond. Recover. Redesign.

The COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity to redesign an economic system that is more inclusive and sustainable, with jobs that boost the economy, not just prop it up.
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A Vicious Death Grip on the Soul of our Nation

Race equity can no longer be an implicit endeavor in our work. Being explicit and naming it allows us to freely think about what to do next.
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NEWS

Laid off from Spirit, these workers are sticking with aviation, upping their skills

9.25.20  •  by Megan Stringer at Wichita Eagle  •  

Laid off from Spirit, these workers are sticking with aviation, upping their skills

Help in Wichita area for unemployed and employers

9.24.20  •  by Staff at Wichita Eagle  •  

Help in Wichita area for unemployed and employers

Students at one Wichita university will cash in on Sedgwick County COVID scholarships

9.23.20  •  by Dion Lefler at Wichita Eagle  •  

Students at one Wichita university will cash in on Sedgwick County COVID scholarships

Building You: Hundreds of vacancies in local healthcare industry

9.23.20  •  by Lily Wu at KWCH  •  

Building You: Hundreds of vacancies in local healthcare industry

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Good Jobs in Wisconsin Rapids: Mariani Packing Company

8.17.20  •  by Caroline Corona  •  ,

It’s a familiar story – a small Midwestern town loses a major manufacturing employer, leading to high unemployment and disruptions to the local economy. This was the case in Wisconsin…

Job Quality Is More Important Than Ever

8.10.20  •  by Janice Urbanik  •  

In less than a decade, the National Fund has built a national movement around the practice of job quality It Starts With A Question In 2012, hospitals and large healthcare…

Essential Workers Deserve Recognition and Support, Not Lip Service

7.30.20  •  by Melissa Kleder  •  , ,

Three case studies show how healthcare organizations improved a critical frontline job  Essential workers have been receiving long overdue recognition for their integral roles to keep our society running. But when we take…

We Can’t Train Our Way out of This Crisis

6.12.20  •  by Janice Urbanik  •  ,

The focus on training and placement during the Great Recession left our economy vulnerable and we’re paying the price today The coronavirus pandemic is teaching our nation a very painful…

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