Building a future that works—for everyone.
Equitable Economic Advancement for All
Millions of people are unfairly shut out of quality jobs and the chance for a better life. To eliminate barriers to economic advancement, we must fix our education and workforce systems to make them more equitable, better connected, and easier to navigate.
Our North Star: In 10 years, 75 million people facing systemic barriers to advancement will work in quality jobs.
Reimagine. Rebuild. Together.
For more than 40 years, Jobs for the Future has partnered with organizations like yours to design solutions, scale best practices, influence policy and action, and invest in innovations.
We aim to create learner and worker opportunity, strengthen education and career navigation, ensure program quality and efficacy, integrate learning and work, and build strong regional economies.
Together, we are reimagining what’s possible—leading public, private, and nonprofit sector changemakers to new ideas, promising innovations, and equitable ways to help millions more people advance.
Latest Ideas
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ToolResume-Building Tool: Skill My Resume
April 12, 2024Create skills-based resumes that highlight the skills employers are looking for How it Works: Enter personal info, job history, and other experiences to create a basic resume. Skill My Resume will use that information to…
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Report/ResearchMeeting Future Demand: Augmented Reality Skills Training for Community College Learners
April 10, 2024A how-to playbook for community colleges launching AR programming to remove barriers for success on the job. This playbook serves as an instructional guide for community college leaders, instructors, college partners in the community, and…
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Report/ResearchRacial Disparities in Student Loan Affordability
April 3, 2024JFF analyzes monthly student loan repayment burdens across racial groups, finding that, on average, Black borrowers pay a greater percentage of their monthly income toward student loans than white borrowers. Key Takeaways On average, Black…
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Report/ResearchBuilding and Scaling Equitable Pathways in Your Region
March 27, 2024Leveraging Community Learnings to Drive Systems Change This body of work leverages the collective learnings and experiences of the Building Equitable Pathways initiative to provide curated sets of resources that address some of the most common and…
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Report/ResearchTransforming Training and the Eligible Training Provider List to Serve the U.S. Workforce
March 26, 2024Recommendations From the Workforce Transformation Policy Council The Task Force on Transforming Training and the Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL), an offshoot of the Workforce Transformation Policy Council (WTPC), share policy recommendations for improving our…
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ToolActivator Training Program
March 25, 2024Learn how to engage employers in implementing more equitable hiring and talent management practices with the Activator Training Program. Developed for change leaders, business advisors, and workforce specialists, the Activator Training Program provides guidance to…
Events
July 22-23, 2024 – Washington, DC
Horizons summit 2024: The Power of Us
Join leading thinkers and innovators at our premier national summit, where we explore without limits to find innovative practices and scalable solutions to transform our education and workforce systems.
April 14 – April 17, 2024, San Diego, CA
ASU+GSV
This year, we’re back at ASU+GSV in San Diego, and can’t wait to see you there. You’ll hear from JFF leaders, meet and greet innovators and experts across workforce and education.
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