workforce Publications

A Green Career Pathways Framework: Postsecondary and Employment Success for Low-Income, Disconnected Youth (July 2011)
One of the most promising developments of the past several years is the emergence of a green economy. With environmental awareness growing across this country, ... read more
Merging Tradition and Innovation in Workforce Development: Health Care, Work-Based Learning, and Indigenous Americans in Jobs to Careers (July 2011)
This brief demonstrates how three Jobs to Careers projects in Alaska, Arizona, and Hawaii have helped advance frontline health care workers from indigenous Amer... read more
Working Partnerships: Advancing Careers, Addressing Employer Needs, Changing Policies (June 2011)
Working Partnerships is a general information brochure of the National Fund of Workforce Solutions. The National Fund is an unprecedented initiative of national... read more
Community Colleges and Regional Recovery: Strategies for State Action (May 2011)
The current economic climate has placed renewed priority on the performance and potential of community colleges, the primary postsecondary institution serving l... read more
Achieving Ambitious Goals: Case Studies of Scaling-Up Programs for Advancing Low-Skilled Adults (May 2011)
Community colleges must fundamentally changing the way they deliver Adult Basic Education instruction in order to help all students earn credentials that hold v... read more
Leaving No Worker Behind: Community Colleges Retrain the Michigan Workforce—and Themselves (May 2011)
In 2007, Michigan undertook a bold mission: to retrain tens of thousands of dislocated workers and other low-skilled adults so they can qualify for jobs in emer... read more
Creating Opportunities in Health Care: The Community College Role in Workforce Partnerships (April 2011)
The nation’s 1,200 community colleges are well positioned to strengthen the workforce of one of America’s most critical sectors—health care. T... read more
Greening Community Colleges: An Environmental Path to Improving Educational Outcomes (April 2011)
The emerging and expanding green economy has the potential to create not just jobs, but career opportunities across the United States as green manufacturing, gr... read more
The Effectiveness of WIA's Employment and Training Services: JFF Congressional Testimony (April 2011)
On April 7, 2011, JFF Policy VP Ray Uhalde testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies... read more
Community-based Organizations and Union Apprenticeship Programs: A GreenWays Initiative Technical Assistance Webinar (April 2011)
Community-based organizations around the country prepare workers for entry-level green jobs that have opportunities to advance to jobs that are higher level, hi... read more