workforce Publications

Attracting and Retaining Talent: Frontline Workers in Long-Term Care (March 2011)
America’s aging population is raising the demand for long-term care, whether in nursing homes or, increasingly, in assisted living facilities and through ... read more
Improving Access and Quality: The Role of Frontline Staff at Behavioral and Mental Health Careers (March 2011)
Behavioral and mental health institutions face a workforce crisis that threatens to erode access to treatment. Many workers in the field are nearing retirement,... read more
Building Regional Partnerships for Economic Growth and Opportunity (February 2011)
There is growing evidence that the most effective way to grow the U.S. economy is to promote innovation, and the best place to do that is at the regional level.... read more
Employer Engagement in the National Fund for Workforce Solutions (January 2011)
Each regional collaborative in the National Fund for Workforce Solutions invests in local workforce partnerships that organize key stakeholders, mobilize servic... read more
The Origins of Regional Funding Collaboratives in the National Fund for Workforce Solutions (January 2011)
The National Fund for Workforce Solutions is an unprecedented national partnership testing new ways to address a critical problem: the large gap between the ski... read more
Creating Career Pathways for Frontline Health Care Workers (January 2011)
An effective, efficient workforce is essential to addressing rising costs in the health care industry. Nevertheless, effective investments in career advancement... read more
The Resource Within: Today's Employees Become Hospitals' Workforce of the Future (January 2011)
To deliver care to an ever-increasing number of patients, and to make that care more patient-centered, hospitals must focus on the careers and skills developmen... read more
Scaling Up Preliminary Data Analysis (December 2010)
This report is the first analysis of demographic and outcome data reported on career pathway programs participating in the scale up of the national Breaking Thr... read more
SSTAR Excels: Investing in a Work-Based Learning Approach to Professional Development (November 2010)
Stanley Street Treatment and Resources (SSTAR), a nonprofit behavioral and mental health agency with facilities in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, has faced cha... read more
Unions As Partners: Expanding the Role of Organized Labor in Workforce Development (November 2010)
The need has never been greater to ensure that people are productively employed—not simply in any job, but a job with a future. This is the goal of the Na... read more