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Policy-makers, practitioners, and researchers have created many strategies to prepare workers to meet the growing education and training requirements of the current and future American workforce. These resources explore some of those strategies....

The American Community Survey estimated that 13 percent of the total US population was foreign-born in 2014. While some immigrants may face challenges upon arrival to the U.S., opportunities to succeed are supported through tapping into unrealized...

Findings demonstrate that offenders who participated in community based employment programs were significantly more likely to obtain employment and significantly less likely to be re-arrested among the timeframes analyzed, unless they were younger...

Offers an overview of career and technical education (CTE) as an educational strategy for providing young people with the academic, technical, and employability skills and knowledge to pursue postsecondary training or higher education and enter a...

Services provided were not enough to lift young mothers out of poverty or end welfare-dependency, and the impacts faded after the programs ended.

Details a demonstration project’s initial results in providing ex-offenders with workforce readiness training, career counseling, and an intensive follow-up process, to prevent recidivism and to support the transition back into civic society.

Finds that attainment of a credential through participation in WIA’s Dislocated Worker Program resulted in improved employment and wage changes for older workers as compared to those who were not credentialed.

Examines the value and effectiveness of employment and supportive services in the Job Source Services, Community Rehabilitation Programs, and Youth Services departments of Goodwill’s Workforce Development Services division.

Summarizes curriculum offerings, activities, and accomplishments of Biotech training and certification in Austin, Texas, in courses specifically targeting the entry-level workforce and informed by strong collaboration with local employers.

Related to career pathways in the construction industry, this resource profiles the wide range of Project Labor Agreements/Community Workforce Agreements provisions that have been designed and implemented during the last 15 years to establish...