Advancing Institutionalized Equity: Develop tools and strategies that identify and address equity gaps that directly or indirectly impact labor market access and outcomes for underrepresented and marginalized populations.
Aligning Policy & Practices: Align, apply and connect with business policies and initiatives to better student/job seeker/incumbent worker and employer conditions that support improved longer-term outcomes.
Cultivating Employer Partnerships: Engage employers in providing insights into industry and workforce needs; collaborate on design, implementation, and investment of resources; provide value added connections and resources; apply and provide feedback on equitable programs, strategies, and practices; and develop longer-term relationships that go beyond customer to strategic partner.
Enhancing Student Services: Design and employ an interconnected continuum of processes and services that enables effective recruitment of targeted populations; assesses the needs of each individual; delivers training to prepare participants for work in quality jobs; coordinate job development and job placement services to match the skills of participants with the requirements of employers; and, collaborate with a range of partners to provide supportive services to address barriers to job retention and advancement.
Making Data-Driven Decisions: Effectively utilize disaggregated data related to labor market, industry and occupational trends, program assessment and learner outcomes to inform and guide key decisions regarding program investments, planning, implementation, and improvements.
