January 9, 2024
Registered Apprenticeship programs provide an opportunity to magnify equity in the connection between public investment and job creation. By utilizing already existing government procurement investments, Registered Apprenticeship is poised to drive more diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workforce, as highlighted throughout this brief.
This interactive tool developed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia allows users to explore career paths and visualize how job skills needed for specific occupations can transfer to higher-paying occupations in the same geographical area.…
Lessons and actionable strategies from worker-led research to elevate staff voice, strengthen organizational practices, and drive lasting change. This report shares lessons learned and field recommendations from participatory research projects with eight California workforce development…
This report examines Black Americans’ experiences with and perceptions of AI. It explores the potential ways AI could benefit the Black community and identifies actions needed to ensure that AI benefits everyone. Recognition of the…
How to Catalyze EdTech Deployments for People Who Are Incarcerated The following recommendations are steps that six sets of stakeholders—corrections leaders, postsecondary leaders, employers, solutions providers and technologists, investors, and policymakers—can take to catalyze the…
Vehicles for Change City: Halethorpe, Maryland Year Founded: 1999 (Vehicles for Change); 2016 (Vehicles for Change-VR) Website: https://www.vehiclesforchange.org/ Segment: Learning Content Provider Measures of Success Virtual reality training program reduces training time by 60% VR…
An Opportunity Software can generally be installed and updated more quickly and less expensively than more steady-state pieces of the technology puzzle, such as computers and networking hardware. That means it’s easier for program administrators…
How We Selected Companies JFF reviewed more than 1,000 organizations that offer hardware, software, digital educational content, and/or consulting services that could support education and training programs in prisons, jails, and other carceral settings. To…