Prosper Lincoln News
MORE THAN 2,100 IDEAS
Published 1/21/2016 The Prosper Lincoln Engagement Team invited representatives from all sectors of our city – businesses, nonprofit organizations, neighborhoods, government, faith communities, philanthropies and individuals – to answer, “What should our community do...
Early Childhood Best Practices – National
Published 1/20/2016 Ages 0-3 Early Childhood Home Visiting [DHHS Maternal and Child Health www.mchb.hrsa.gov/programs/homevisiting; DHHS Administration for Children & Families www.homvee.acf.hhs.gov; Zero to Three www.zerotothree.org; example: Every Child Succeeds...
Invest in Early Childhood Development
“The highest rate of return in early childhood development comes from investing as early as possible, from birth through age five, in disadvantaged families. Starting at age three or four is too little too late, as it fails to recognize that skills beget skills in a...
Make it Work for Lincoln
Published 1/20/2016 ATD Lincoln formed the Knowledge Management Council (KMC) in response to a perception of business managers that it was becoming difficult to find enough employees with the necessary skills and experience to fill local job vacancies. Over the past...
Lincoln Business Skills & Training Requirements
Published 1/20/2016 This report discusses the results from the Make it Work for Lincoln survey of employers conducted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bureau of Business Research (UNL-BBR). The survey of employers in the Lincoln Metropolitan Area was conducted...
Perceptions of Personal & Community Satisfaction
Published 1/20/2016 The 2014 Nebraska Metro Poll continues an on-going effort to understand the perceptions and concerns of urban residents. The Metro Poll expands upon the efforts of the Omaha Conditions Survey conducted by the Center for Public Affairs Research...
Lincoln Labor Availability Report
Published 1/20/2016 Results of the Metro Area Labor Availability Survey, which included the Lincoln and Omaha metro areas in Nebraska, discovered that there are an estimated 247,692 potential job seekers in the Lincoln survey area. The majority of these potential job...
Where Labor Supply Meets Labor Demand
Published 1/20/2016 At a time of increasing demand for qualified workers and high unemployment, stronger linkage at the local level between workforce development and economic development efforts is much needed. While employers struggle to fill some jobs with qualified...
Innovation Best Practices – National
Published 1/20/2016 Small business development: entrepreneurship as a poverty alleviation strategy Education and training Coaching/support Access to capital: Microloans, Kiva Zip, SBA Loans, Community Prosperity Fund (philanthropy) National Urban League...
Community, well‐being & future outlook
Published 1/20/2016 The 2014 Nebraska Metro Poll continues an on‐going effort to understand the perceptions and concerns of urban residents. The Metro Poll expands upon the efforts of the Omaha Conditions Survey conducted by the Center for Public Affairs Research...