Lessons Learned In Workforce Innovation: How Ten Governors Are Redesigning Workforce Systems For Better Employment Outcomes

To help states build capacity for innovation and interventions across the workforce system to support a more equitable economic recovery, 10 governors were selected to join the inaugural cohort of the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices Workforce Innovation Network. State teams from Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Hawai‘i, Illinois, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, and Washington received funding in March 2021 to design, launch, and scale innovations to improve their jobseeker service delivery systems. This brief includes 10 case studies of state objectives, activities, and outcomes achieved during the grant period. States applied these funds to support project coordination and implementation, conduct research, invest in technological solutions, and launch marketing and outreach initiatives to drive user engagement in new employment tools and products.