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Year-End Message from Amanda Cage

By Amanda Cage

Posted on Dec 24, 2021

‘Tis the season for reflection. This is my second year-end message as CEO of the National Fund, and I am…

Category: Collaboratives, Employers, Job Quality, Racial Equity, Systems Change, Worker Success

Tags: co-invest, equity, Frontline Workers, Good Jobs, Meet National Fund, racial equity, Regional Collaborative, systems change

Reflecting on 2021

By National Fund for Workforce Solutions

Posted on Dec 21, 2021

In another year of uncertainty, we remained focused on our priorities. Here are 10 highlights from 2021. 10+  Words of…

Category: Collaboratives, Job Quality, Racial Equity, Systems Change, Worker Success

Tags: co-invest, equity, Frontline Workers, Good Jobs, Meet National Fund, racial equity, Regional Collaborative, systems change

Get to Know Systems Change (Videos)

By National Fund for Workforce Solutions

Posted on Oct 25, 2021

Learn how National Fund sites are improving economic mobility through systems change Communities around the country are tackling some of…

Category: Collaboratives, Policy, Racial Equity, Systems Change

Tags: racial equity, State Policy, transportation, WIOA

Are Labor Shortages Really About Labor?

By Abby Wood

Posted on Oct 6, 2021

A new resource will help correctly diagnose labor problems — and identify better solutions We've heard a lot recently about…

Category: Resource, Systems Change

Tags: Collaborative Resource, Community Impact, policy, racial equity, systems change

How to Become a Community Influencer

By Janice Urbanik

Posted on Oct 1, 2021

Four tactics to help you build and exert influence Photo by Adam Solomon on Unsplash To make change, you must…

Category: Collaboratives, Systems Change

Tags: community health, Community Impact, policy, Regional Collaborative, State Policy, systems change

Workers Are at the Heart of Our Economic Recovery

By Janice Urbanik and Lisa Chensvold

Posted on Aug 30, 2021

We need a bold new way of thinking to help them succeed. If you’ve tried to schedule a meeting with…

Category: Job Quality, Policy, Systems Change

Tags: co-invest, community health, Community Impact, equity, Frontline Workers, Good Jobs, inequality, policy, Poverty, racial equity, social determinants of work, systems change

If We’re Serious About an Equitable Economy, It’s All Hands on Deck

By Amanda Cage

Posted on Nov 30, 2020

This month I write to you (finally) on the other side of a national election. However you feel about the…

Category: Policy, Racial Equity, Systems Change

Tags: business leaders, co-invest, Community Impact, Frontline Workers, Good Jobs, policy, Publications, racial equity, Report, systems change

Workforce Equity in the Jobs and Opportunity Reports

By National Fund for Workforce Solutions

Posted on Oct 22, 2020

A conversation with Michelle Wilson and Jonathan Osei Even as the workforce grows more diverse, people of color face barriers…

Category: Racial Equity, Systems Change

Tags: co-invest, Community Impact, equity, racial equity, Regional Collaborative, systems change

A Vicious Death Grip on the Soul of our Nation: Confronting Racism in Workforce Development

By Michelle Wilson, Ed.D.

Posted on Jun 4, 2020

I started thinking about writing this post after reading my colleague Bryan Lindsley’s latest piece, “In a Changed World, It…

Category: Racial Equity, Systems Change

Tags: community health, Community Impact, equity, inequality, racial equity, systems change

In a Changed World, It Matters How We Think About What to Do Next

By Bryan Lindsley

Posted on May 11, 2020

Last summer, in what now seems like a luxuriously routine work trip, I flew to Dallas for the National Fund…

Category: Systems Change

Tags: Community Impact, equity, Regional Collaborative, systems change

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