JFF calls on states to build a skills-based education and employment infrastructure that embraces outcomes-focused innovations and recognizes people’s skills—no matter where or how they acquired those skills—as the principal measure of how much they’ve learned, the credentials they’re qualified to receive, and their ability to do a job. This brief is part of an 11-part series, State Policy Road Map for an Equitable Economic Recovery, which provides state policy solutions focused on people, places, and systems—with the goal of closing equity gaps and driving economic advancement for all.
