Cat Ward
Vice PresidentCat Ward is vice president of JFF’s Employer Mobilization practice, which engages the private sector as a strategic force for good. She leads a team that advises companies on envisioning, developing, and implementing strategies that…
Work-based Learning Toolkit: Resources from Jobs to Careers
Work-based Learning Toolkit: Resources from Jobs to Careers Access the Work-based Learning Toolkit, is a step-by-step guide to designing and implementing employee learning and career advancement projects for frontline workers. Created by Jobs for the…
Steve Yadzinski
Chief Strategy & Impact OfficerStephen Yadzinski is the Chief Strategy & Impact Officer at JFF. He works with leaders and teams to identify new opportunities, establish new partnerships, and transform JFF programs and service lines to meet an evolving…
More Tools for Fiscal Mapping
More Tools for Fiscal Mapping These two tools focus on effectively engaging community stakeholders in a fiscal mapping process, including a tool to help communities align and coordinate collaborative initiatives already underway.
Lisette Nieves
President, Fund for the City of New YorkLisette Nieves is the president of the Fund for the City of New York (FCNY), an institution charged with developing and helping to implement innovations in policy, programs, practices, and technologies to improve the functioning…
Strategies for Implementing OJT Simply and Effectively
This guide addresses key misconceptions of on-the-job training (OJT) and provides specific implementation tactics used by local workforce areas. This guide addresses key misconceptions of on-the-job training (OJT) and provides specific implementation tactics used by…
Making the Dignity of Work Everyone’s Business
We can worry about what people will do when their jobs are displaced. Or, we can use this moment to reassess the value of work and how it contributes to our own self-worth and importance.
Work-Based Courses Section 6: Connecting Workers to College
Work-Based Courses Section 6: Connecting Workers to College The final section in the *Work-Based Courses* toolkit centers on how to provide the right supports that enable students to truly benefit from a work-based course. Connecting…
Work-Based Courses Section 5: Course Delivery
Work-Based Courses Section 5: Course Delivery The fifth section of the *Work-Based Courses* toolkit offers guidance on how to ensure the work-based curriculum is consistent and supports student learning. Collaboration between Faculty and Employer Mentors…