Healthcare Workforce Transformation: Preparing the Workforce for a Healthy Rhode Island This report, prepared by Jobs for the Future (JFF), provides background research to support Rhode Island’s development of a health care workforce transformation strategy.…
With support from WRTP/ BIG STEP and JFF, manufacturing employers have transformed the skills of their workforce with apprenticeship programs like the Industrial Manufacturing Technician Registered Apprenticeship. “It’s all about self-growth. If a person is…
The State of Apprenticeship Among Workforce Boards The National Association of Workforce Boards, in collaboration with JFF, disseminated a survey to better understand how workforce boards are engaging in apprenticeship and what challenges they face…
The Career Advancement Portfolio The Career Advancement Portfolio gathers the most innovative workforce development practices for improving the lives of low-skilled, low-income adults and provides effective and scalable approach models. JFF created the Career Advancement…
Spreading Innovation through Collective Impact Many community and civic leaders are turning to collective impact as a way of addressing critical social and economic issues within communities. This approach is proving to be a particularly…
Exploring the Green Infrastructure Workforce Public demand has surged for green infrastructure systems that make cities more environmentally friendly. The projected employment growth needed to meet this demand provides valuable opportunities for low-income, low-skilled workers.…
Adding a Gender Lens to Nontraditional Jobs Training Programs With this toolkit, training programs for nontraditional jobs can learn how to engage and support women and other underrepresented communities as they seek new, high-potential careers.…
The State of the Health Care Workforce in Northern Virginia Since its inception in 2003, NoVaHealthFORCE, a coalition of health care employers, educators, and community leaders, has sought to identify and address health care workforce…
Connecticut Health Care Workforce Assessment With most of Connecticut’s in-demand health care jobs being equally in demand across the nation, the challenges this state faces in addressing workforce demands have implications for the United States…