Practitioners

The reach and impact of the National Fund continues to grow, according to the findings of the Third Annual Evaluation Report, conducted by Workforce Learning Strategies and Program and Policy Insight, LLC.  The findings of this independent evaluation show the National Fund continues to make progress towards its goals.  The Fund has made great progress, despite the poor economy, in organizing, supporting, and developing a national network of funding collaboratives dedicated to investing workforce partnerships that help low-income individuals obtain and advance in

I attended an extraordinary event last week in Mobile, Alabama called Worlds of Opportunity. This annual career expo for almost 10,000 eighth graders in southwest Alabama was sponsored by the NFWS collaborative, Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council (SAWDC).

Recently, we sat down with Jennifer Riggenbach from Workforce Central, the Regional Collaborative in Central Wisconsin, to discuss what her collaborative does and the impact that its having in rural Wisconsin.

Pretend we're a potential supporter of the collaborative. Give us your elevator speech about what your collaborative does.

The Workforce Institute, a think tank that helps organizations drive performance by addressing human capital management issues that affect both hourly and salaried employees, features the National Fund in its latest post. Perhaps most interesting, is a podcast interview with Fred Dedrick, National Fund Executive Director – Dedrick explains, in a good bit of detail, the strategic approach of the National Fund and its 23 sites.

First Lady Michelle Obama describes the Social Innovation Fund this way: “By focusing on high-impact, results-oriented nonprofits, we will ensure that government dollars are spent in a way that is effective, accountable and worthy of public trust.”

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

New evaluation data reveals that the National Fund for Workforce Solutions is helping to redefine how America can prepare low-wage workers for careers.

Keisha Monique Blake, from Baltimore, tells us what the numbers really mean.

There are a thousand stories in the National Fund for Workforce Solutions. Well, actually based on our most recent evaluation data, at least 18,000 stories (that’s how many participants were served in 2009) – but it seemed like a catchy way to start a post about some of the recent press coverage generated by local National Fund sites.