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By Kysha Frazier As we continue working with partners in Grand Rapids, MI to create sustainable economic opportunity, Sarah Klerk and I met with the Grand Rapids Family Economic Security Action Teams on June 12, 14. These community teams are taking the ideas the community brought forth in 2013 and... read more →

by Tamitha Walker McKinnis. CSW is well qualified to conduct a rigorous, quasi-experimental evaluation of your TAACCCT program’s impacts. Our evaluation approach leverages our team’s collective knowledge and experience with community college transformation to support a developmental evaluation approach that assists innovators by providing frequent feedback to program staff to... read more →

by Nina Babich Ed Strong and I participated in an Arizona Town Hall discussion to develop consensus with Arizonans on the topic of Arizona’s Vulnerable Populations. Arizona’s Vulnerable Populations, prepared for the 102nd Arizona Town Hall, is about Arizona’s vulnerable populations. Vulnerable populations are not the “poor,” at least not in the... read more →

By Kysha Frazier The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is advancing family economic security in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in collaboration with Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) and community stakeholders. This collaboration will involve community members in near south and near west Grand Rapids neighborhoods working together to invest in and act... read more →

By Jeannine La Prad During the last few weeks, I’ve been following as different people and organizations reflected on the 50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty and observed the 85th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I listened to two panel discussions, Legacies of the War on Poverty,... read more →

By Debbie Charlton. At CSW, we're committed to helping others embrace sustainable economic, social, and environmental vitality as the foundation for a thriving future. Sustainability is something we don't just talk about with our partners and clients. It is something we do everyday. At our headquarters in Ann Arbor, we have a... read more →

There is growing consensus that increasing educational attainment increases economic prosperity, and many states and regions are considering making needed investments in talent development in line with economic development priorities. But in what ways can educational attainment drive economic growth? And what does that mean for talent and economic development... read more →

By Jordan Falby. As the Sustainable Communities Intern, most of my work for CSW has been in support of the Detroit Jobs Alliance (DJA) initiative. I focused on collecting data about the workforce development system in Detroit and its surrounding areas as well as assisting with the creation of the... read more →

By Kysha Frazier. In October, 70 Green Jobs Innovation Fund Grantees joined together in Washington D.C. to collectively “roll-up their sleeves” and focus on strategies to help them achieve their grant outcomes. The day and half meeting was designed to fit grantee’s immediate needs. It included opportunities for cross-grantee sharing... read more →

by Ed Strong. In collaboration with Larry Good, CSW Chairman of the Board, we are writing a chapter of a book to be published by the Heldrich Center at Rutgers University this summer. Our contribution focuses on a look at the macro and micro-investment policies of this country in workforce... read more →