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25 Feb 2019

Census Jobs: How Do You Mobilize a Temporary Workforce of Half a Million People in Less Than Two Years?

Monday, February 25, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

How Do You Mobilize a Temporary Workforce of Half a Million People in Less Than Two Years? This question is the theme of the Census Funders Working Group’s first 2019 briefing. In 2010, the Census Bureau recruited, trained and deployed a temporary...

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Census 2020

14 Mar 2019

The Green New Deal: Putting Energy to Work

Thursday, March 14, 2019 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

The Green New Deal aims to address economic inequality while building a new clean energy industry. Green jobs growth, as demonstrated by recent industry reports at the state and federal levels, can serve disadvantaged communities in New York and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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12 Dec 2018

Effective Workforce and Entrepreneurship Strategies to Serve Older New Yorkers and the Quarterly Meeting of the Workforce Funders

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The New York City’s older adult population has grown rapidly in recent years both in size and diversity. New York City now has more people over the age of 65 than children ages 10 or younger.

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12 Sep 2018

Pathways to Progress: Empowering Youth through Integrated Job Training & Financial Capability - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 -

1:00pm to 2:00pm

Today’s young people, ages 16-24, have a harder time making ends meet and achieving financial milestones that were achievable by the generations that came before. Youth are less likely to utilize formal financial products, and they show signs of...

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Webinar/Teleconference

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Children, Youth and Families

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Economic Security

12 Sep 2018

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Presentation of the Analysis and Recommendations from the Workforce Agenda Report

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

In November 2014 Mayor De Blasio released the Career Pathways report, with ten recommendations including adopting a Career Pathways framework, committing $100 million for training and $60 million in bridge programs.

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06 Jun 2018

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Effective Workforce Strategies for Out-of-School, Out-of-Work Young Adults

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

While the number of out-of-school, out-of-work young adults in New York City has declined over the past few years, the unemployment rate for this population remain significantly higher than other groups, and they continue to have much lower incomes.

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24 Jan 2018

Through the Eyes of the Caregiver: “Care” Screening & Panel with Ai-jen Poo

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Please join us for a screening and panel discussion of the deeply poignant documentary film Care , which provides an intimate vantage of the home-care industry, and of the people who — whether because of disability, disease, or advanced age — rely...

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13 Dec 2017

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and the City of New York’s Workforce Strategy

Wednesday, December 13, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Public funding of the workforce system has declined significantly over the past twenty years. Further reductions for the Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) are anticipated in next year and in future years.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

13 Sep 2017

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Federal and State Workforce Policy Update

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

Federal and state workforce funding of the workforce system has declined significantly over the past twenty years.

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Public Policy

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Public Policy

07 Jun 2017

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Impact of the Minimum Wage Increase on New York City’s Workforce System

Wednesday, June 7, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The state minimum wage in New York City will increase to $15/hour within less than three years for small businesses, and within less than two years for businesses employing 11 or more workers.

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01 Mar 2017

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and Adult Education and Workforce Development: WIOA Opportunities to Work Together

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was signed into law by President Obama on July 22, 2014.

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14 Dec 2016

New York City Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting and School and Career Pathways: The Role of Employers as Partners

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The economy continues to evolve to require a more skilled workforce. At the same time education and training systems struggle to keep pace and the most economically vulnerable young people fall further behind

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14 Sep 2016

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: Career Pathways Report Implementation Update

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

In November 2014, the de Blasio administration released the "Career Pathways: One City Working Together" report, which adopted the Career Pathways framework and called for a movement away from rapid attachment approach to one that utilized industry...

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19 Apr 2016

New York City Human Services Career Ladder Project

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

Join us for a discussion with the Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI), the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) and the Human Services Council (HSC) about an exciting new project to develop a sector-wide career ladder program for 80,000...

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Gender Justice

08 Jun 2016

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: Integrating Financial Capability Strategies into Workforce Organizations

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The long-term changes in the labor market that were accelerated by the Great Recession have disproportionately impacted low income populations served by job training programs.

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Finance & Asset Management

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Nonprofit Financials

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09 Mar 2016

Workforce Funders Quarterly Meeting: NYSED Commissioner & Innovative Workforce Strategies for Youth and Young Adults at the National Level

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The March Quarterly meeting will feature a presentation by the Commissioner of New York State Department of Education and a panel presentation on Innovative Workforce Strategies for Youth and Young Adults at the National Level: The Implications for...

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Education

23 Mar 2015

What’s On the Plate of NYC’s Food Workers?

Monday, March 23, 2015 -

11:45am to 2:00pm

In November, the Mayor’s Jobs for New Yorkers Task Force released a report that identified food-service as one of six priority sectors for workforce development - a surprise given the traditional perception of food service as being limited in career...

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22 Jan 2015

Learning to Write Code: The New Literacy?

Thursday, January 22, 2015 -

7:45am to 11:00am

The Department of Labor predicts the nation will add 1.2 million new computer-science-related jobs by 2022, but schools are graduating proportionately fewer computer science majors than in the 1980s. New research has shown that teaching “...

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Education