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Issue No #10, December 7, 2001 
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Issue No #9, November 1, 2001
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Issue No #8, September 28, 2001
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Issue No #7, August 22, 2001
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Issue No #6, July 16, 2001
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Issue No #5, June 22, 2001
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Issue No #4, May 1, 2001
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1 WIN-WIN Strategies
WINs project—Workforce Innovation Networks—tests the proposition
that employer organizations can play an important role in achieving
a dual goal: improving the economic prospects of disadvantaged
job-seekers and workers while meeting the needs of their member
firms for employees at the entry-level and above. In 1997, Jobs
for the Future, the Center for Workforce Preparation of the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, and the Center for Workforce Success of the
National Association of Manufacturers launched this multi-year
effort to address the workforce development needs of businesses
and communities.
Supported by the Ford Foundation, WINs is part of the foundation's
Corporate Involvement Initiative, a network of business and community
economy development intermediaries that aims to increase business
investment in America's low-income communities by working with
companies in doing what they do best: creating income and wealth.
The Corporate Involvement Initiative has just released Win-Win:
Competitive Advantage Through Community Investment.This Ford
Foundation report highlights an emerging trend among America's
leading companies: utilizing the resources of nonprofit organizations
to enhance low-income communities and address business concerns.
WIN-WIN profiles 27 organizations, presenting each as a value-added
resource to business.
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2 Accelerating Advancement
The Ford Foundation has also awarded Jobs for the Future
a two-year grant that will enhance JFF's efforts to develop, expand,
and advocate for strategies that accelerate educational and career
advancement for youth and adults with low levels of income and
education. "We at Jobs for the Future," noted CEO Hilary Pennington
"believe the need is urgent to leverage powerful new technologies
and delivery systems in order to accelerate the development of
ways to close the now-widening 'opportunity divide.'"
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3 Conference on Immigrants and Refugees
In December 2001, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
will organize a four-day conference, "Strengthening Immigrant
Families and American Communities: Best Program and Grantmaking
Practices." GCIR is a national association of grantmakers committed
to increasing awareness of immigrant andrefugee issues within
the philanthropic sector Jobs for the Future is helping prepare
the four-day event with financial support from the Annie E. Casey
Foundation. Workshops, site visits, and plenary sessions will
feature models and best practices in three broad areas: workforce
development and economic opportunity; community health and well-being;
and civic engagement and community building.
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4 Youth Councils and Comprehensive Youth Planning
A new report from the School-to-Work Intermediary Project examines
the potential of the Youth Councils created under the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998 to take on a more comprehensive mission:
to become proponents of and planners for coordinated youth services
and to advocate for improved outcomes for in-school and out-of-school
youth, whether a person qualifies for services under WIA or not.
This Issue Brief draws upon a study of early progress in eight
areas around the country that have demonstrated a commitment to
creative, active Youth Council implementation. This studywas designed
and conducted by a collaborative research team from Jobs for the
Future and the Commonwealth Corporation.
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5 Low Wage Workers in the New Economy
Jobs for the Future's project "Low Wage Workers in the New Economy"
is designed to promote policy solutions that can help less-skilled
workers advance out of poverty. As part of this project, Jobs
for the Future is preparing a book that will lay the groundwork
for a vibrant policy agenda to promote advancement out of low-skill,
low-wage work. Now available is the introduction summarizing the
themes of the book, which will be published this summer by Urban
Institute Press.
Read
the introduction and for more information on the project Low Wage
Workers in the New Economy
Also available are:
- Policy Statement: Low Wage Workers
in Today's Economy: Strategies for Productivity and Opportunity,
January 2001
- Low Wage Workers in the New Economy:
May 2000 Conference Program
- Summary: A National Survey of
American Attitudes Towards Low-Wage Workers and Welfare
Reform, May 2000
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6 School-to-Work and the Future
JFF Senior Vice President Richard Kazis recently discussed the
record and future of school-to-work and other strategies for connecting
education and workplaces to improve opportunities for young people.
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7 The Inner-City 100
Newswire #3 reported on Promising Workforce Practices of Inner-City
Companies, Jobs for the Future's new partnership with the Initiative
for a Competitive Inner City. The project is analyzing the human
resource practices of ICIC/Inc. Magazine INNER CITY 100 companies,
the fastest- growing, privately held companies in American inner
cities. In April, ICIC presented "Inner City 100 Live!" a two-day
celebration of inner-city business vitality and leadership. The
event culminated with the announcement of the second annual ICIC-Inc.
Magazine INNER CITY 100. Receiving the National Inner-City Leadership
Award was Franklin Raines, CEO of Fannie Mae.
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8 Innovative Educational Models
In the growing movement to improve high schools, Jobs for the
Future's "From the Margins to the Mainstream" initiative seeks
practical answers to the question of how the nation can move beyond
a "one-size-fits-all" traditional high school. Jobs for the Future
has received a $195,000 award from the Kellogg Foundation to support
this multi-year project, which joins the Carnegie Corporation
of New York and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
as early funders of FROM THE MARGINS TO THE MAINSTREAM.
Read more about
the Kellogg Grant
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9 Revisiting the JFF Web Site
At Jobs for the Future, we believe that new technologies for teaching
and learning have great power to enhance how, when, and where
learning best occurs. Increasingly, we will apply that principle
in our own work. For example, if you have visited www.jff.org
recently, you will find three new ways to learn from what we learn:
- The Newsroom: read about the latest
from Jobs for the Future.
- Guide to the 30+ JFF Projects.
- Guide to JFF Publications.
And please send us your thoughts on how we can keep improving
the Jobs for the Future Web site. Thank you.
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Issue No #3, March 1, 2001
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Issue No #2, February 1, 2001
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Issue No #1, January 1, 2001
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