Employment Skills Best Practices – National

Published 1/20/2016

Unemployed Adults (connect to mental health priority)

  1. Henry Street Settlement House combines job training with health, mental health and other supportive services www.henrystreet.org
  2. Cincinnati Works is a
  3. Aha! Process Bridges out of Poverty is a comprehensive approach to reducing poverty, including education and job skills www.ahaprocess.com

Under-employed Adults (connect to technology priority)

  1. Career Pathways
  2. Employer and Sector-specific Industry Partnerships: Business Leaders United National Skills Coalition www.nationalskillscoalition.org

Disadvantaged and Disconnected Youth age 16-24

  1. YouthBuild
  2. My Brother’s Keeper www.whitehouse.gov/my-brothers-keeper

Talent attraction and retention

System-level Strategies to Increase the Pace, Scale and Impact of Employment Programs:

  1. National Fund for Workforce Solutions www.nfwsolutions.org
  2. Jobs for the Future www.jff.org; sample initiatives include:
    • “Pathways to Prosperity” career pathways for students grades 9-14 in 12 states
    • “Back on Track” Re-engaging Opportunity Youth in New York and Texas
    • “Credentials that Work” to align career training with employer demand
    • “Breaking Through” helping colleges advance low-skill adults into careers
    • “CareerSTAT” career pathways in healthcare
  3. MDRC policy research on disconnected youth www.mdrc.org
  4. Council for Adult and Experiential Learning www.cael.org
  5. Workforce Investment Boards (Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act of 2014)

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