In this short video, TANF practitioners explain how partnerships at their local American Job Centers are creating opportunities to reach more people who utilize their services. North Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah programs are highlighted for their…

In this four-minute video from the Center for Poverty Research at the University of California, Davis, sociologist Katherine Jewsbury Conger discusses how poverty and economic hardship impact parents and their children. She notes that early…

In this four-minute video from the Center for Poverty Research at the University of California, Davis, sociologist Victoria Smith describes the various challenges facing low-wage workers. Policies that increase earnings and stabilize work schedules…

This series of short videos from the Workforce Data Quality Campaign highlights how states are using education and workforce data to advance and better align a skilled workforce with industry demand.

In this presentation, Stephanie M. Jones, Marie and Max Kargman Associate Professor in Human Development and Urban Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, describes a new intervention that links the science of brain development with…

This four-minute video from FEMA explains the key steps to emergency preparedness for individuals and families. These include being informed, making a plan, building a kit, and getting involved.

This video from the Innovation and Opportunity Network (ION) shares information on how workforce peers are cultivating partnerships within their One-Stop centers at the state level.

This video from the Innovation and Opportunity Network (ION) shares information on how local area workforce practitioners from around the country are creating, building, and maintaining strong One-Stop partnerships.

These video presentations, released by the Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, provide overviews and key highlights of a variety of topics related to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. They have been…

This webcast from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity features Dr. Yvette Jackson, the author of The Pedagogy of Confidence: Inspiring High Intellectual Performance in Urban Schools. She discusses the importance of focusing on students’ strengths…