Each month, the National Fund for Workforce Solutions will take a deeper dive into the diverse, innovative, and effective workforce solutions its network is adopting to address local challenges across the country. This month, National Fund Director of Systems Change, Ricardo Henriquez, is joined by Ranita Jain, Senior Associate, Center for Economic Opportunity at The Annie E. Casey Foundation for a conversation about how we're working together to shift the way private and public workforce systems prepare and support young adults in jobs and careers.

Each month, the National Fund for Workforce Solutions will take a deeper dive into the diverse, innovative, and effective workforce solutions its network is adopting to address local challenges across the country. This month, National Fund Director of Evaluation and Learning Michelle Wilson is joined by Linda Dworak, director of the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative for a conversation about changing systems for workforce equity in Baltimore.

Each month, the National Fund for Workforce Solutions takes a deeper dive into the diverse, innovative, and effective workforce solutions its network is adopting to address local challenges across the country. This month, National Fund Network Director Hollie Marston is joined by Aimee Durfee, Director of Workforce Innovation at CenterState CEO, to discuss the state of women in the workforce.

Each month, the National Fund for Workforce Solutions takes a deeper dive into the diverse, innovative, and effective workforce solutions its network is adopting to address local challenges across the country. This month, National Fund Director of Evaluation and Learning Michelle Wilson, Ed.D is joined by Earl Buford, president of CAEL and a member of the National Fund Board of Directors, to discuss the state of workforce equity.

The State of Our Workforce: Where Are We Now? goes beyond Department of Labor employment and jobs numbers to explore issues at the forefront of workforce development.This month, National Fund Director of Worker Success Carrie Felton is joined by our partners in Greensboro, North Carolina — Meredith Berger and Brian Norris of the Triad Workforce Solutions Collaborative and Ann Flynt from Guilford Apprenticeship Partners — to talk about National Apprenticeship Week.

The State of Our Workforce: Where are We Now? goes beyond Department of Labor employment and jobs numbers to explore issues at the forefront of workforce development. This month, National Fund President and CEO Amanda Cage is joined by Hollie Marston, network director at the National Fund, for a conversation about the National Fund's upcoming convening, SHIFT The Future of Workforce. https://shift.nationalfund.org/

The State of Our Workforce: Where are We Now? goes beyond Department of Labor employment and jobs numbers to explore issues at the forefront of workforce development. his month, National Fund President and CEO Amanda Cage is joined by Kermit Kaleba, strategy director for employer aligned programs at Lumina Foundation, for a conversation about skills-based hiring and community colleges.

The State of Our Workforce: Where are We Now? goes beyond Department of Labor employment and jobs numbers to explore issues at the forefront of workforce development. This month, guest host Tom Strong, director of employer activation at the National Fund, is joined by Angela Carr Klitzsch, president and CEO of EmployIndy, for a discussion on youth employment.

The State of Our Workforce: Where Are We Now? goes beyond Department of Labor employment and jobs numbers to explore issues at the forefront of workforce development. This month, National Fund President and CEO Amanda Cage is joined by her colleague Michelle Wilson Ed.D, director of evaluation and learning, for a conversation about the newly released Workforce Equity Dashboard. Explore the Dashboard: https://nationalfund.org/workforce-equity-dashboard/

The State of Our Workforce: Where Are We Now? goes beyond Department of Labor employment and jobs numbers to explore issues at the forefront of workforce development. This month, National Fund President and CEO Amanda Cage is joined by Matt Bruce, executive director of the Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance, for a conversation about mental health and the workplace.