Oct
01
Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 1, 2024: Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) and the New York Association of Training & Employment Professionals (NYATEP), with support from the Ballmer Foundation and the Ralph C. Wilson Foundation, are partnering to deliver the inaugural cohort of a labor market information (LMI) academy,...
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Sep
24
The diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) landscape in the U.S. is changing fast. With anti-DEI court cases, politics, and activist movements on the rise, organizations are being pushed to rethink how they advance equity, especially racial equity. This is particularly true for...
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Aug
20
Since the start of the Advancing Community Equity & Upward Mobility (ACE-UP) community of practice, DEI efforts across the workforce landscape have been limited by court rulings and new legislation, leading many employers to dial back—or completely eliminate—these initiatives. ACE-UP, with generous funding from Lumina Foundation, provides members with...
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Jul
31
Increasingly, colleges, states, and foundations are seeking and adopting innovative strategies to support adult students earning postsecondary credentials. One promising strategy is the credit hour Ability to Benefit (ATB) provision in the federal student financial aid program. In the credit hour ATB provision, adult students who have not yet...
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Jun
18
Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 18, 2024: Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) and the New York Association of Training & Employment Professionals (NYATEP), with support from the Ballmer Foundation and the Ralph C. Wilson Foundation, are partnering to deliver the inaugural cohort of a labor market information (LMI) academy,...
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Jun
10
CSW is specifically seeking qualified consultants to contract with CSW in response to the DESC RFP for Trauma and Resilience Consultant Services 2024. CSW is seeking expertise related to trauma, healing, resilience, and equity in the following areas: professional development training (virtual, in-person, and/or hybrid); organizational assessment and coaching;...
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May
16
Scrolling through Instagram recently, I came across a reel that was both triggering and validating for me as a Black woman. The creator of the reel was also a Black woman, sharing the experience of losing her job when she "stopped looking happy" in the office. I was immediately...
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Apr
16
When workforce development policy was linked to poverty in the 20th century, job training policies and programs became increasingly remedial in nature, reinforcing an American myth that poverty was a choice, the result of individual decisions. More recently. workforce policies have increasingly promoted a “work-first” approach (reframing program participants...
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Apr
03
CSW Senior Policy Associates Devin Corrigan and Chris Shannon recently attended the 2024 South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals in Austin, Texas. While typically known as a showcase for music, film, and tech advances, SXSW is also a melting pot of cross-sector innovation and forecasting. This was the...
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Mar
26
Throughout 2023, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) collaborated with Southeast Michigan’s workforce stakeholders including the Detroit Regional CEO Group, the Ralph C. Wilson Foundation, the Ballmer Group, and the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan to establish a new regional employer talent collaborative, the Detroit Regional Workforce Partnership. Regional...
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Mar
19
Attention to mental health has increased over the last few years, brought on by the collective trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial trauma of race-based police brutality among other personal and community traumas. Research shows that trauma can negatively impact people’s ability to succeed and thrive at...
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Mar
13
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW) was contracted by IMPART Alliance at the Michigan State University to support data collection, analysis, and reporting for their Michigan Direct Care Worker (DCW) Program. Read the full announcement and access the RFP. The following are questions submitted by interested applicants and the...
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