down Go Back to Impact Stories Sector Strategies: Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics At a Glance JFF strengthens training for the critical jobs that keep packages moving and the economy humming. Topics Transportation, Distribution & Logistics Expert Involved Deborah Kobes Interim Vice President Status In progress Locations CA IA NJ MD MS PA WA FL Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share via Email
Report/Research Representatives Discuss Best Practices for a 21st-Century Workforce in Apprenticeship Briefing on Capitol Hill On January 18, several members of Congress attended the "Best Apprenticeship Practices for a 21st Century Workforce" panel to hear from apprenticeship program leaders as they discussed successes and offered suggestions.
Post Jobs for the Future of Work: Supporting Workers and Employers as Technology and Talent Transform At JFF, it's in our DNA to connect decision makers, shape conversations, create partnerships, develop systems and programs, and influence practice-informed policy.
Post A Step Closer to High-Quality, Industry-Aligned Career and Technical Education Programs Recently, the House passed the bipartisan H.R. 2353, “ The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act,” which updates the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.
In the News Jobs for the Future and Cengage Partner to Create Pathways into IT, Energy, and Aerospace Careers
Report/Research Growing Tomorrow’s Nursing Workforce: New Paths to Professional Nursing New Paths to Professional Nursing (NPPN), funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s New Jersey Health Initiatives program, demonstrates that it is possible to create a pipeline of nursing candidates who live in and resemble the communities they serve.
Report/Research Driven to Innovate: Snapshots from Delivering the TDL Workforce Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics is a critical sector to the US economy, employing over 4.6 million workers. Through a two-year JFF initiative, 10 regions can scale up their training programs in this sector.
Post A Long-Term Leg Up for Entry-Level Workers By helping entry-level workers move into middle-skill positions, we’re giving them a leg up on a long-term career.
Post Who Cares? What's Unfair about How We Treat Our Health Care Workforce According to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data, women made up the majority of the nursing assistant, home health aide, and personal aide workforce. But these caretakers regularly struggle to support their own families.
Report/Research Florida Jobs 2030: A Cornerstone Series Report for the Florida 2030 Initiative By 2030, Florida will need to create two million net new jobs to accommodate an additional six million residents. At the same time, rapid technological innovation is shifting the skills and competencies required for jobs.
Report/Research Today's Realities—Tomorrow's Workforce: Addressing Region 7's Rural Workforce Mismatch The rural counties of Region 7, a sub-state area designated by the state of Alabama to address workforce development issues, has yet to fully recover from the 2007 economic recession. This report outlines Region 7's education and workforce needs.
Report/Research Untapped Resources, Untapped Labor Pool: Using Federal Highway Funds to Prepare Women for Careers in Construction One way to improve women's economic security is creating sustainable pathways into construction careers—an industry where women are underrepresented. This briefing highlights how Maryland and Oregon are improving diversity in the highway construction workforce.
Tool State Youth Labor Law and Workers’ Compensation Statute Table This table is a comprehensive resource that describes the child labor laws and workers’ compensation statutes for each state. The information within this table is intended to help mitigate liability concerns related to youth employment.
Report/Research A Resource Guide to Engaging Employers This resource guide presents working models of successful employer engagement and lessons for securing and sustaining partnerships with employers, in addition to helping education and training providers fully realize the value of such partnerships.
Post Leveraging TANF for Career Training With the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Congress took a step toward improving the connections between workforce and federal assistance programs. With this piece of legislature, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is a mandatory partner in state and local workforce systems.
Report/Research Engaging Employers as Customers Educators and employers often seem to speak different languages. But when it comes to preparing people for work, they have the same objective—helping learners gain the skills they need to succeed.
Report/Research Creating Pathways to Employment: The Role of Youth/Industry Partnerships in Preparing Low-Income Youth and Young Adults for Careers in High-Demand Industries The National Fund for Workforce Solutions and JFF launched the Youth/Industry Partnership Initiative (YIPI) to learn how employer-led industry partnerships could addressing the crisis of youth unemployment.
Report/Research Promising Practices in Young Adult Employment The National Fund for Workforce Solution’s Young Adult Initiatives aim to test and implement new strategies for targeting and investing in America’s young adults so that employers and workforce development can tap into this workforce.
Report/Research Connecting the Dots: A Case Study of Transforming Care and the Frontline Workforce at Unitypoint Health-Des Moines This is a case study of Iowa's UnityPoint Health and its effort to transform care, develop frontline workers, and fully align these objectives in its Des Moines hospitals and outpatient clinics.
Post Manufacturing Day Showcases Work-Based Innovations in Kentucky For Manufacturing Day, JFF explored innovative education programs as part of the Jobs to Manufacturing Careers initiative and learned about the keys to partnerships between employers, colleges, and workers.
Post An Interview with Anna Shipp Anna Shipp, the project manager for the Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Partners initiative at the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, offers her thoughts on green infrastructure.
Post Upping the Ante: We Need You to Join the UpSkilling Movement There's been an increase in employers using their resources and creativity to upskill their workers, but there is much work to be done. Will you help us up the ante?
Report/Research Six Effective Approaches for TechHire Initiatives Information technology jobs are among the fastest growing occupations in the country, yet over a half million IT job openings are unfilled. The TechHire initiative helps stakeholders develop a pipeline of diverse talent to meet employer needs.
Report/Research Making Work-Based Learning Work Work-based learning helps alleviate a common issue for jobseekers: meeting a "relevant work experience" prerequisite that is hard to gain outside of the workplace.
Toolkit Work-Based Courses: Bringing College to the Production Line Work-based courses are an innovative way to bring college to the production line by using the job as a learning lab. This toolkit provides guidance on bringing work-based learning models to colleges.
Case Study/Profile Work-Based Learning in Action Work-Based Learning in Action is a series of case studies highlighting effective models of work-based learning.
Post Seven Ways Intermediaries Help Develop Apprenticeship Programs Apprenticeship—a paid, credentialed, work-based learning approach that combines on-the-job training with classroom instruction—is gaining momentum in technical fields across the US.
Post Creating a Buzz with the New Hampshire Manufacturing Partnership What does the future of New Hampshire's manufacturing industry look like? Several key collaborative partnerships are in place to ensure the future is bright and strong.
In the News U.S. Commerce Department to Build Nation’s First One-Stop Economic Development Platform in Partnership with NYU Wagner and Others
In the News $1.8 Million Awarded to Hospitality Sector to Create New Career Opportunities through Registered Apprenticeship
In the News White House Announces New Steps to Give More Students and Workers Tech Skills to Fuel Innovation