Research: Creating Communities
Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view PDF files. To download a free copy, please visit the Adobe web site. The Best of Both: Community Colleges and Community Based Organizations Partner to Better Serve Low-Income Workers and Employers
B. Roberts, Public/Private Ventures, Working Ventures, 2002
Examines partnerships between community colleges and community-based organizations to understand their structure, challenges, and success in helping low-income people secure and sustain meaningful employment.
Download/view: PDF (155KB) | HTML Building New Partnerships for Employment: Collaboration Among Agencies and Public Housing Residents in the Jobs-Plus Demonstration
L. Yuriko and J. Riccio, with J. Dodge, Manpower Demonstration and Research Center (MDRC), 2001
An analysis of the Jobs-Plus Community Revitalization demonstration project, which promoted partnerships in seven cities to develop and operate employment programs in public housing developments. Report summarizes the partnerships' accomplishments and challenges in the following areas: collaborative governance and management, collaboration in service delivery, housing authority adaptations, and residents' involvement. Also offers suggestions for building future collaborative programs.
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National Partnership Conference on Corporate Community Investment sponsored by the Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC), U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 2007
Summarizes findings from online survey of 85 business organizations, including local and state Chambers of Commerce; small, midsize and large companies; corporate foundations; national associations; and companies representing a variety of industries, such as communications and media, insurance, banking, real estate, and biotechnology. Findings are presented in reproducible graphs and illustrate business organizations' levels of community investment, issues affecting community development, types of community partners, and strategies for community involvement. Highlights education and workforce development as respondents' two most important community issues. Concludes that local partnerships are essential to community investment activities.
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The Employer Workforce Development Initiative: Partnering with Communities to Create a Workforce for the New Millennium, 1998
Briefing paper examines the Employer Workforce Development Initiative, which supports the role of employer associations as intermediaries that help increase the skills of the workforce and match employers with qualified job candidates. Addresses current challenges and opportunities in the labor market, functions of intermediary organizations, and potential obstacles in the intermediary process.
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Jobs for the Future Workforce Innovation Networks, 2001
Explains how the needs of both employers and employees can be met through workforce development programs and suggests public policy solutions to overcome challenges.
Download/view: PDF (345KB) | HTML Partnerships Between Community Colleges and Prisons: Providing Workforce Education and Training to Reduce Recidivism
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Office of Correctional Education, 2009
Describes how community colleges and prisons in 11 states have formed partnerships to help inmates reintegrate successfully into their communities. By expanding educational services to this population, these partnerships hope to reduce recidivism, improve public safety, and save tax dollars. Report examines how partnerships are formed, coordinated, and funded, as well as the challenges they face and how they benefit inmates, prisons, community colleges, and the public.
Download/view: PDF (376KB) | HTML What Works in Workforce Development: An ASTD/AJLMEP Study of Joint Labor-Management Educational Programs
M. Van Buren, Association of Joint Labor-Management Educational Programs (AJLMEP), with support from the U.S. Department of Labor, 2002
Reviews the literature on the effectiveness of Joint Labor-Management Educational Programs. Provides a history of programs and describes benefits of investment in education and training and participant outcomes. Summarizes results of a survey of 21 joint labor-management education programs on topics such as program expenditures, extent of employee participation, and impact of training.
Download/view: PDF (250KB) Wising Up: How Government Can Partner with Business to Increase Skills and Advance Low-Wage Workers
A. Duke, K. Martinson, and J. Strawn, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), 2006
Provides profiles of initiatives in Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Massachusetts illustrating how state and local governments partner with business and industry to help workers upgrade their skills and advance. Three models are presented: Incumbent Worker and Customized Training, Career Ladders or Career Pathways, and State Skill Certificates and Panels. Includes strategies for integrating English language training, developing sustainable partnerships, and creating statewide workforce development systems.
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Collaborative Regional Initiatives, James Irvine Foundation
Case studies developed as part of Collaborative Regional Initiatives funded by the James Irvine Foundation. These initiatives encourage collaboration among public, private and nonprofit sectors to improve economic conditions in California. Report profiles four partnerships, describes the role of business and education in each, and highlights key results. Shares design elements and implications for other partnerships. Workplace ESL Instruction: Interviews from the Field
M. Burt, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), 1997
Based on interviews with 18 workplace EL providers, this report examines the following five models of service-provider partnerships: workplace-education, workplace-union, workplace-private contractors, workplace-EL, and workplace-community-based organization. Also identifies trends, challenges, and issues facing the field.
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