Workforce Development
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Issue Brief: Reduce Poverty and Promote Opportunity
2009
More than 37 million people in the United States, including 13.3 million children, currently live below the official poverty level. This issue brief outlines specific federal policy recommendations for reducing poverty and promoting opportunity.
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Building “The Good Life”: Investing in Opportunities for Nebraska’s Families, Communities, and Economy
2009
One in four families in Nebraska is low-income and struggling to make it in this difficult time. According to this report by the Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest, Nebraska’s economy will only thrive in this economic recession and be able to compete with other states in the future if the state is able to create more opportunities for working families. As a result, this report calls for new efforts to promote the growth of quality jobs and bolster workers' skills through education.
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Diversifying the Economy to Create Jobs and Help Families Prosper in South Dakota
2008
Facing the common rural challenges of outmigration and a dying agricultural-based economy, the residents of Howard, South Dakota and the surrounding county looked to the economic engines of the future to create employment opportunities and increase income. From developing wind energy-related businesses to organic beef production, Miner County has re-energized its citizens, revitalized its economy, and recaptured some former community members.
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Sustaining the Promise: Realizing the Potential of Workforce Intermediaries and Sector Projects
2008
Complex workforce development projects provide a wide range of education, training, and support services for low-income adults. But as the field matures, and their seed funding expires, a key question emerges: how can these projects be sustained so they can continue to meet both worker and employer needs? A new report from National Fund for Workforce Solutions and the Boston Health Care and Research Training Institute, and funded by the Casey Foundation, examines the sustainability challenge. According to "Sustaining the Promise," the answer lies in the ability of these projects to manage complicated relationships and funding streams, meet multiple needs simultaneously, and stay ahead of the curve in their areas of expertise.
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Wanted! A Narrative for Investing in Workforce Development
2008
This report, part of the Casey Foundation's Workforce Narrative Project, provides a framework for investing in workforce development policies and programs.
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Working Hard for the Money: Trends in Women’s Employment: 1970 to 2007
2008
This report, which spans nearly 40 years of women's employment trends, finds that as men's employment rates have dropped over the past four decades, more rural women are working to keep the lights on at home. The Carsey Institute report is the first major study of women's employment trends to tease out differences between rural and urban women's work.
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