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State Sector Strategies Coming of Age: Implications for State Workforce Policymakers
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The report describes current sector
strategies, discusses their difference from traditional workforce and economic
development programs, and describes actions that state administrators and
policymakers can take to create strategies and implement them effectively.
These strategies are among a small number of
workforce interventions with statistical evidence showing improvements for
workers in employment opportunities and in wage increases. |
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Back on Track through College in the Rio Grande Valley
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This report was released by first Focus in August 2012 and highlights activities being undertaken in the Rio Grande Valley region to address dropout recovery and promote psotsecondary success. |
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Building Effective Green Energy Programs in Community Colleges
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This report tackles the question of the reality behind the promise of "green jobs" -- the challenges and the benefits of the millions of dollars of stimulus money being spent on creating "green job" training. |
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Toward a Brighter Future: An Essential Agenda for America's Young People - September 2008
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These policy recommendations for the 111th Congress and the incoming President will begin to help lift children out of poverty and poor health, keep them safe, elevate our educational system to equip children for the 21st century, and engage youth in the nation's communities. Making the changes proposed in this document can save money, improve health, strengthen families, produce a more educated workforce for coming decades, and lay a base for an America that will thrive into the next century. - September 11, 2008 |
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Sectoral Strategies for Low-Income Workers: Lessons from the Field - Feb. 2008
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This publication provides a fresh examination of what has grown into the sizeable field of sectoral employment development, and, through a range of examples, offers insights into the key elements of "sector" practice. To produce this publication, AspenWSI researchers spoke with more than 60 leaders of workforce programs, all of whom use a sectoral approach for at least part of their work, and visited 13 sector initiatives. 2/22/2008 |
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Whatever It Takes: How Twelve Communities Are Reconnecting Out-of-School Youth (2006)
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"Whatever It Takes: How Twelve Communities Are Reconnecting Out-Of-School Youth" documents what committed educators, policymakers, and community leaders across the country are doing to reconnect out-of-school youth to the social and economic mainstream. It provides background on the serious high school dropout problem and describes in-depth what twelve communities are doing to reconnect dropouts to education and employment training. It also includes descriptions of major national program models serving out-of-school youth. Case Studies include: Montgomery County (Dayton), Ohio; Jefferson County (Louisville), Kentucky; Austin, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Portland, Oregon; Oakland, California; Trenton, New Jersey; Baltimore, Maryland; Pima County (Tucson), Arizona; Camden, New Jersey; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Published by the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), 2006. |
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