NFWS Sites in the News: A Job Helps Mother Get Beyond Tragedy; New Study Cites "Middle Skills" Shortage

The 22 sites of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions are working at “ground zero” of a national crisis: unemployment that appears stuck at almost 10 percent. More and more, local media are searching for innovative, local solutions. What they are finding is the National Fund.

San Diego Site in the News for Changing Lives

The July 4 issue of the North County Times (CA) looks at one effort to change how the local economy creates jobs and careers. Featuring one mother’s moving story, it’s a quick but great read about the Medical Assistant Training Program of the North County Health Services, supported by the San Diego Workforce Funders Collaborative.

Boston Cited on “Middle Skill” Jobs

The National Fund is dedicated to figuring out how to match the skills that local employers need with the training needs of jobseekers and employees. The first step is to understand what the local market will demand as recovery takes hold.

Skillworks, the Boston funding collaborative, is a co-sponsor of an important new study, reported in the July 14 Boston Globe, examining the gap between the number of “middle skill” employees needed by the Boston economy and the number of workers in the area with the required skills. It’s a rather large gap.