Career and College Exploration Experiences: Planning for Success
This guide offers detailed information and resources to help you provide middle and high school students with opportunities to explore their options for the future through Career and College Exploration Experiences. This guide offers detailed…
A Career-Oriented Summer: Planning Your Summer Bridge Program
This guide offers valuable resources to help you develop a comprehensive summer bridge program that supports students as they transition into high school. This guide offers valuable resources to help you develop a comprehensive summer…
State Policy Road Map for a Smarter Postsecondary System
Our recommendations are framed in three strategies: Policy Agenda We created a comprehensive reforms agenda framed around three strategies for making postsecondary education work for students and the economy. Our goal is to guide policymakers…
Alleviating Poverty for Opportunity Youth
Alleviating Poverty for Opportunity Youth In preparation for a new Congress and updates to federal poverty alleviation initiatives, JFF developed *Alleviating Poverty for Opportunity Youth*, a brief highlighting how policymakers must ensure that young people…
Closing the Gap: The Future of Apprenticeship in California
The driving force of California’s growing innovation economy is talent. However, there is also a growing mismatch between the type of talent in demand and the type of talent in supply. This paper describes why…
Investments in Opportunity Youth Fuel Prosperity
Investments in Opportunity Youth Fuel Prosperity In preparation for a new Congress and development of the FY2020 federal budget, JFF developed Investments in Opportunity Youth Fuel Prosperity, a brief highlighting how investments in opportunity youth…
Employability Skills
What employability skills are most important for young people preparing for the workforce? This infographic and accompanying guides synthesize research to answer this question. What employability skills are most important for young people preparing for…
College and Career Pathways: A Strategy for State Economic Success
This brief offers policy recommendations to state policymakers that can help jump-start college and career pathways. This brief offers policy recommendations to state policymakers that can help jump-start college and career pathways. States are making…
Leveraging Perkins V to Support College and Career Pathways
The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) can directly advance the national college and career pathways movement. In this brief, JFF offers practical recommendations to help state policymakers leverage…