Pathways to Prosperity Framework
Pathways to Prosperity Framework JFF’s Pathways to Prosperity Network is boldly reimagining how U.S. education and workforce systems meet state and regional talent needs and prepare young people for careers. The Pathways to Prosperity Framework…
Data Empowered Workforce Boards Lead the Way in Economic Recovery
During this time, workforce boards’ ability to effectively monitor stakeholder needs became essential to meeting the Challenge’s demands of rapidly standing up and scaling training programs in a virtual environment. Identifying and creating new data…
The Social Impact Potential of Immersive Learning in Small Business
A case study on BOMAG, a small manufacturing business with high levels of motivation and strategic leadership that discovered what augmented reality could do for it and its workers. In an increasingly demanding economy— one…
Texas Policies for Reconnecting Opportunity Youth in Back on Track Pathways
Texas Policies for Reconnecting Opportunity Youth in Back on Track Pathways This paper provides an overview of Texas policies that support Back on Track pathways for opportunity youth to attain high school and postsecondary credentials,…
Youth Apprenticeship in Action: Principles in Practice
This brief explains how the core components of youth apprenticeship programs fit together and presents a set of principles that providers can adopt to improve the quality of their programs. Youth apprenticeship is a proven…
Worker-Led Solutions to Improve Job Quality
The United States needs more quality jobs, but worker voices are rarely included in the search for solutions. JFF is partnering with worker-owned cooperative Turning Basin Labs to chart an alternative path for economic growth…
How to Register an Apprenticeship Program
Complete your Standards of Apprenticeship—an essential part of registering an apprenticeship program—with this training course. Complete your Standards of Apprenticeship—an essential part of registering an apprenticeship program—with this training course. Trouble accessing? Learn how to…
Freedom to Achieve: Pathways and Practices for Economic Advancement After Incarceration
More than half a million people are released from U.S. prisons each year, and the majority are unable to find work due to underlying biases and systemic racism. This report argues that we must match…
Set a Vision to Guide the Future
In Part 1 of our three-part series “Three Big Lessons in Six Years,” learn how leaders of C-Town Pathways in Massachusetts brought partners together to embrace a shared vision of non-negotiables in early college initiatives.…