The National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP) will host a set of three professional development webinars, beginning on August 22, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. ET and continuing on September 26, 2019 and October 17, 2019. The first of…

This brief highlights an innovative collaboration forged between a corporation, government agencies, and a community partner in New Hampshire to create a career pathway for TANF participants. Read more about how the partners designed a phased…

This Urban Institute report offers a snapshot of frontline retail workers’ characteristics, circumstances that call for more working hours, and strategies that might be used to retain and advance workers in this industry. It also highlights training…

The Anoka County Job Training Center is the only WIOA job center serving the county. It houses all public assistance programs, including TANF (called the Minnesota Family Investment Program), on-site WIOA partners, and child care services in the…

The American Job Centers in Pennsylvania (called PA CareerLink®) offer workforce services to TANF clients through the Employment Advancement Retention Network (EARN). As described in this brief, the PA CareerLink® in Lehigh Valley has developed a…

This case statement describes the American Job Centers in Central Arkansas (called Arkansas Workforce Centers). Strategies to coordinate cash assistance and employment services for TANF recipients and job seekers include in-house referrals…

This Upjohn Institute working paper reviews how place-based jobs policies should target distressed areas and focus on firms that have high-multipliers (industries with high job growth potential beyond just the individual firm creating jobs). The…

This toolkit issued by Reimagine Retail Chicagoland provides useful information on designing and implementing career pathways in the retail industry. The toolkit offers sources for labor market information that can be used to develop the pathways…

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