Worker-Led Research Yields a New Framework for Assessing Job Quality
JFF and Turning Basin Labs are engaged in a multiphase initiative to identify and invest in high road employment models in California. This update documents the results of Phase 1 of this project, which include…
ETF@JFFLabs Impact Report 2020
Four years into the fund creation, our mission to increase economic advancement for all is more pressing than ever. This report offers a look at the progress that ETF@JFFLabs and our portfolio companies have made…
When Policy Meets Practice Podcast Series
Series Trailer Paul Fain previews the podcast series, and JFF’s Lexi Barrett explains why policymakers should incorporate the views of on-the-ground practitioners in their policy strategies. Episode 10: Career Navigation Policy and Best Practices for…
Recovery Playbook for Impact Employers
This special edition of our Impact Employer Framework offers insights into the unique challenges companies face in this moment, along with emerging practices to help business leaders navigate recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and related…
Learning as an Experience
JFFLabs Market Scan | To be prepared for the work of today and tomorrow, we need more than just the right skills. We need an infrastructure that supports continuous and transformative learning throughout a lifetime.…
America’s Opportunity Youth Deserve an Equitable Economic Recovery
As the economy begins to recover, we know that we can no longer afford to underinvest in America’s youth, particularly opportunity youth. The costs of ignoring these young people, who are disconnected from education and…
American Rescue Plan Funds Can Transform Education for Young Adults
The recently passed American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides states with an unprecedented opportunity to use federal stimulus funds for innovative new educational programs supporting students who have fallen behind—including the millions of high school…
JFF's Framework for a High-Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Program: Opportunity Youth
This pre-apprenticeship framework outlines strategies and promising practices for developing high-quality programs that serve opportunity youth participants. Acknowledgments We would like to thank the U.S. Department of Labor for providing the funding to support this…
Testimony of JFF President and CEO Maria Flynn Before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Testimony of JFF President and CEO Maria Flynn Before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee At a hearing of the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, JFF CEO Maria Flynn…