Most Recent Publications

The Employer Workforce Development Initiative: Partnering with Communities to Create a Workforce for the New Millennium (1998)
This briefing paper and these case studies for Workforce Innovation Networks (WINs) discusses the growing challenge of finding qualified workers. It o... read more
Getting Started: A Guide to School-to-Career Involvement for Health Care Employers (December 1997)
This 40-page guide provides basic information about school-to-career and describes basic steps to design and implement a program.  ... read more
A Portable Action Lab for Creating Quality Student Projects for Health Care Careers (December 1997)
For those who seek to create quality, integrated projects for students in health care school-to-career initiatives, this is an "action lab" adapted in... read more
Both Sides Now: New Directions in Promoting Work and Learning for Disadvantaged Youth (July 1997)
Both Sides Now stresses the need for work preparation strategies that address both sides of the labor market simultaneously. This report assesses the rang... read more
Learning at Work in a Work-Based Welfare System: Opportunities and Obstacles (April 1997)
This report finds that work-based learning strategies learned from school-to-work initiatives—mentoring, contextual learning, and credentialing of skills... read more
Redefining Corporate Responsibility in a Global Economy: An Agenda for Action (February 1996)
A two-year partnership between JFF and the Hitachi Foundation examined the dynamics between corporations and communities. This action agenda promotes new forms ... read more
ECHS Week Message from Texas Governor Rick Perry (May 2010)
Early College High School Week 2010 has received strong praise from Governor Rick Perry whose state of Texas is home to 18 schools participating in the Ear... read more
JFF Publications Related to ABE, Career Pathway, and Postsecondary Transitions (1997-2010)
Examples of current JFF publications related to ABE, career pathways, and postsecondary transitions that conform with ED publication standards include: Br... read more
Employer Engagement: A Business Plan for Further Education and Training Colleges (June 2012)
Further Education and Training Colleges serve two vital roles in South Africa’s society and economy. One is to provide access to economic opportunity... read more
The National Fund for Workforce Solutions: A History of Collaboration (2008)
In 2007, several national foundations and the U.S. Department of Labor launched the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, a $30 million effort to strength... read more