Reinventing Workforce Development: Lessons from Boston's Community Approach
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SkillWorks: Partners for a Productive Workforce is addressing the needs of employers for more skilled workers and of workers for more and better access to jobs that pay a family-supporting wage. This five-year, public/private partnership is an ambitious effort on the part of philanthropy, government, community organizations, unions, and employers to change how workforce development is done in Boston. In this report, Jerry Rubin and Geri Scott of Jobs for the Future describe the start-up of this unprecedented initiative, focusing on its implications for workforce development throughout the nation. JFF helped design SkillWorks and oversaw its implementation as a consultant to the Funders Group, then comprised of eight foundations, the City of Boston, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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