In this episode, our host Kristin Wolff talks with Patrick Getz, project lead for California's Workforce Data Quality Initiative, with the California Workforce Development Board.

We learn about the state's efforts to standardize, improve, and connect data from across programs into a system that provides more value for everyone – policy makers, agency staff, nonprofit partners, businesses, and Californians up and down the state. Because of California's vast size and scale, there is much to be learned about what works to help all people advance, firms grow, and communities build a stronger middle class. In the wake of COVID-19, the ensuing recession, and the largest social movement in our nation's history (#BlackLivesMatter), this work takes on new urgency and importance.

For more information:

• Sign up for the #MakingBetterWork Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/903537e424bb/mbwnews
• US Department of Labor's WDQI Effort: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20190722
• California Workforce Development Board: https://cwdb.ca.gov/
• California Future of Work Commission: https://www.labor.ca.gov/labor-and-workforce-development-agency/fowc/

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