Pathways to Work is a partnership of funders, employers, and training providers working together to equip frontline workers with skills needed for middle-skill jobs in targeted industry sectors.
The collaborative is led by United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, and focuses on three key strategies:
- Invest in emerging or promising approaches that move frontline workers along career pathways so they build basic skills and go on to earn middle-skill credentials through the collaborative’s healthcare and information technology training partnerships.
- Coordinate training providers, employers, and funders to ensure job readiness and training programs focus on building skills of greatest need to employers and target funding towards the most impactful programs and strategies for helping workers secure better jobs.
- Build capacity of employers and training providers to adopt best practices for moving frontline workers along career pathways, develop work-based learning opportunities, and build more collaborative relationships that will led to improved responses to current and future workforce needs.