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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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Featured Content

Racial Equity and Inclusion

The National Fund for Workforce Solutions commits to naming and confronting systemic racial inequity within our organization, in the nonprofit sector where we are situated, and in the broader workforce system.
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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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Race and the Work of the Future

The work of the future is the work of equity: just and fair inclusion into a society in which all can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential. And the time is now.
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How will the upheaval of 2020 impact the economy in 2021 and the future?

11.16.20  •  by Staff at Canton Repository  •  

How will the upheaval of 2020 impact the economy in 2021 and the future?

CareerEdge Launches Tiny Home Building Project

11.16.20  •  by Staff at Sarasota Magazine  •  

CareerEdge Launches Tiny Home Building Project

How Companies Can Help Conquer Racial Inequity and Create Future Work for Black Americans

11.16.20  •  by Jeffrey McKinney at Black Enterprise  •  

How Companies Can Help Conquer Racial Inequity and Create Future Work for Black Americans

GOOD DEEDS: CareerEdge receives $50,000 grant from Regions Foundation

11.16.20  •  by Staff at Sarasota Herald-Tribune  •  

GOOD DEEDS: CareerEdge receives $50,000 grant from Regions Foundation

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The World Needs More Good Jobs

11.3.20  •  by Janice Urbanik  •  ,

A good job has ripple effects that boost the economy, support families, and strengthen businesses and communities What the world needs now, are jobs, good jobs. It’s the only thing…

Workforce Equity in the Jobs and Opportunity Reports

10.22.20  •  by National Fund for Workforce Solutions  •  ,

A conversation with Michelle Wilson and Jonathan Osei Even as the workforce grows more diverse, people of color face barriers to good jobs and economic mobility. With support from JPMorgan…

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…

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