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NAWB has released a free toolkit to help boards, businesses, and partners amplify their impact during National Workforce Development Month. Access templates, social media posts, and resources to showcase your story.Nadine’s Journey to Stability and Purpose
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Workforce Development Board Readiness: Embracing Skills-Based Hiring & Advancement and Learning & Employment Records
Over the past two years, the National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) has searched for the right intersection of skills, assessments, and Learning and Employment Records (LERs) to improve the success of workforce development boards. We have made important advances to that end.
Race Equity in Workforce Development: A Survey of Attitudes
NAWB convened a taskforce of workforce visionaries to reveal disconnects in practitioner-led dialogues and to unmask barriers to centering racial equity in the workforce development ecosystem. This report reflects the earnest efforts of workforce stakeholders and the expertise of national experts aiming to build an inclusive workforce development system.
Workforce Board Operations Survey
You don’t have to set out to create an upskilling program on your own. Workforce development boards across the country offer services and support that can help you attract and retain the skilled employees that your business needs. Teaming up with the National Association of Workforce Boards, UpSkill America developed a new tool that explains […]
Examination of Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) as Strategy for Achieving Workforce Development System Success
The intent of this paper is to identify ways that Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) can be used by the workforce development system in new and creative ways that provide more efficient routes for adult students to acquire credentials that are valued in the labor market.
WIOA Fact Sheet: One-Stop Career Centers
CareerSource Central Florida defines the basic role of the One-Stop Operator as an entity that will coordinate the service delivery of participating One-Stop partners.
A Changing Workforce Development Landscape
It is the fifth and final phase of the “Workforce Data Systems Project,” an initiative to better understand how technology is currently being used to meet the goals and expectations of WIOA, and to facilitate sharing and collaboration between NASWA and NAWB members on best innovation practices.
WIOA System Assessments
Case Studies from Washington, Utah, Colorado, and Tennessee