Today's Realities—Tomorrow's Workforce: Addressing Region 7's Rural Workforce Mismatch
Today's Realities—Tomorrow's Workforce: Addressing Region 7's Rural Workforce Mismatch The rural counties of Region 7, a sub-state area designated by the state of Alabama to address workforce development issues, has yet to fully recover from…
Making Work-Based Learning Work
Work-based learning helps alleviate a common issue for jobseekers: meeting a “relevant work experience” prerequisite that is hard to gain outside of the workplace. Americans seeking employment often face a conundrum: relevant work experience is…
Acceleration Strategies Series
Acceleration Strategies Series The Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) program is providing nearly $2 billion in funds to build the capacity of our nation’s community colleges. The Department of…
Jobs for the Future: Impact Report 2014
Jobs for the Future: Impact Report 2014 This report highlights our accomplishments over the past year and our impact on the nation’s most pressing social and economic challenges. It also charts our progress in achieving…
Impact Profile of Lacey Bowman: Accelerating to College and Career Success
Impact Profile of Lacey Bowman: Accelerating to College and Career Success This is Lacey Bowman’s success story of earning her GED and pursuing a career in welding with the help of the Accelerate TEXAS program.…
Investing in Frontline Workers from Behavioral Healthcare
Investing in Frontline Workers from Behavioral Healthcare Improving health care requires finding ways to efficiently and effectively upgrade the skills and advancement opportunities of the people who deliver much of actual “hands on” health care…
Revitalizing High Schools: What the School-to-Career Movement Can Contribute
Revitalizing High Schools: What the School-to-Career Movement Can Contribute This is a resource for informing and engaging practitioners and policymakers in the effort to improve the quality of the American workforce and the work and…