Most Recent Publications

State Strategies for Sustaining School-to-Work (March 2000)
Venture capital under the School To Work Opportunities Act of 1994 promoted significant state and local innovation. This School-to-Work Intermediary Project iss... read more
Benchmarks for Success in High School Education: Putting Data to Work in School-to-Career Education Reform (2000)
This book presents an intensive, detailed process for holding accountable all of the players involved in establishing community-connected learning as a whole-sc... read more
Developing a Business-Driven Workforce System (November 1999)
This presentation describes the levers business can use to build a state workforce development systems' core competencies. It also describes key actions members... read more
School-to-Work Partnerships and Youth Councils (November 1999)
As a result of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Youth Councils will plan, coordinate, and oversee youth programs and services funded under the legislation.... read more
Finding Pleasure in the Right Things: A Concept Paper on Arts, School-to-Career, Service Learning, and Community Revitalization (October 1999)
This report explores the potential contributions to youth development, school reform, and community revitalization of a coming together of three fields of pract... read more
What's Next for School-to-Career? (October 1999)
This report focuses on how to build upon school-to-career's significant successes in today's policy and political environment. Based on interviews with practit... read more
Presentation to the New Hampshire Workforce Development Planning Team (February 1999)
This presentation sets goals for New Hampshire's workforce development system, identifies design principles, and presents related initiatives.  ... read more
Business Participation in Welfare-to-Work: Lessons from the United States (January 1999)
This report highlights promising practices of U.S. firms that have been active participants in welfare-to-work initiatives. It also describes practical measures... read more
New Labor Market Intermediaries: What's Driving Them? Where Are They Headed? (September 1998)
JFF prepared this policy report for the Task Force on Reconstructing America's Labor Market Institutions, at MIT's Sloan School of Management. It provides a val... read more
School-to-Career Initiative Demonstrates Significant Impact on Young People (May 1998)
Research on Boston Public School graduates provides evidence that linking high schools with employers and other community allies can have a strong, lasting infl... read more