New Skills at Work Assessment
The Urban Institute is collaborating with JPMorgan Chase over five years to inform and assess JPMorgan Chase’s philanthropic investments in key initiatives. New Skills at Work is a $250 million multiyear workforce development initiative that aims to expand and replicate effective approaches for linking education and training efforts with the skills and competencies employers need. The goals of the collaboration include using data and evidence to inform JPMorgan Chase’s philanthropic investments, assessing whether its programs are achieving desired outcomes, and informing the larger fields of policy, philanthropy, and practice.
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Publications
Employer Roles in Building Pipelines for Middle-Skill Jobs in Health Care
April 2017 report by Pamela J. Loprest, Amanda Briggs, Kelly S. Mikelson
Changing Workforce Systems
February 2017 report by Hamutal Bernstein, Ananda Martin-Caughey
Understanding Local Workforce Systems
March 2016 brief by Lauren Eyster, Christin Durham, Michelle Van Noy, and Neil Damron
The Goals and Dimensions of Employer Engagement in Workforce Development Programs
December 2015 brief by Shayne Spaulding and Ananda Martin-Caughey
Urban Wire Blog Posts
Health care employers play a key role in improving worker skills for more rewarding jobs
April 2017 post by Amanda Briggs and Pamela Loprest
Using local workforce systems to support career pathways
May 2016 post by Christin Durham
Employer engagement: Getting it right under WIOA
December 2015 post by Shayne Spaulding and Ananda Martin-Caughey
Policy Debate
Implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: How to Tackle the Challenge of Employer Engagement
December 2015 debate moderated by Shayne Spaulding