Workforce News & Resources

The National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to fund design & development pilots that aim to improve the preparation, increase the participation, and ensure the contributions of individuals from groups that have traditionally been underrepresented and underserved in STEM. NSF calls for bold, innovative ways to solve broadening participation challenges in STEM.

Deadline: Preliminary proposal, Feb. 14, 2017. Full proposal, May 16, 2017.

Employers need skilled workers; young people want a path to a good job without accruing lots of debt. 

This article, from The Atlantic CityLab, is the first in a three-part series on apprenticeship in the United States.

Source: The Atlantic CityLab

Help with navigating everyday challenges—like housing, transportation, and child care—can be key to completing job training, a new report finds.

Source: The Atlantic CityLab

The National Skills Coalition has developed a new blueprint for putting millions of young people and adults across the country on a pathway toward good paying, middle-skill jobs while helping American businesses compete and grow.

Legislators to extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families grant

The Atlantic's Alana Semuels discusses the struggle of America's forgotten workers

Local planning for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is underway, and adult educators should weigh in. That’s the message of a new fact sheet from the National Skills Coalition.