Disrupt the Divide
JFF’s Disrupt the Divide initiative supports postsecondary institutions in increasing Black learners’ success in accessing and completing programs that lead to high-wage jobs in growing industries. Results The six participating community colleges will partner with…
How to Ensure Upskilling for All
This webinar examines how employers, higher education institutions, and other training providers can best serve learners in a workplace undergoing rapid transformation.
Transforming Training and the Eligible Training Provider List to Serve the U.S. Workforce
Recommendations From the Workforce Transformation Policy Council The Task Force on Transforming Training and the Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL), an offshoot of the Workforce Transformation Policy Council (WTPC), share policy recommendations for improving our…
Recommendations for a Fully Funded and Transformed Workforce Development System
In this brief, Jobs for the Future (JFF) presents our policy recommendations for overhauling the U.S. workforce development and postsecondary education systems—and putting millions more people on pathways to quality jobs. Recommendations Endnotes This…
Upskilling For All: A Discussion between Maria Flynn and Jeff Selingo
In this insightful interview, Maria discusses the pivotal role of Jobs for the Future (JFF) amid the current job market upheaval, echoing the organization’s mission to foster quality job opportunities for workers facing systemic barriers.
Modernizing Career Navigation in the United States
To help all students and jobseekers better navigate the rapidly changing job market and make informed choices about their educational and career paths, the United States must make systemic reforms and strategic investments in career…
Equitable Pathways Hypotheses Spotlights
The Building Equitable Pathways hypotheses guide the development of pathways that equitably support all young people, especially youth of color and youth who are experiencing poverty, in building rewarding and successful futures. Learn what the…
The Risks and Benefits of the Gig Economy for Low-Income Young Adults
This report explores critical issues the gig economy poses for a population at a pivotal moment in their lives—young adults who have gone to college but are new to the workforce and have yet to…
Gig Work in the COVID-19 Era: More Risk, Less Opportunity
In a follow-up to our 2019 study of low-income young adult gig workers, JFF reconnected with study participants to explore how they had been affected by the pandemic-driven health and economic crises. We learned that…