To build a truly equitable and antiracist economic recovery, fair chance hiring practices need to be more than just a matter of employer preference. Policy changes, at the state and federal levels, are a critical step in creating opportunities for people with criminal records, and growth for the national economy.

Amateur sports has a built-in learn-to-work model, industry support, and the cultural relevance that leads to success.

This special edition of our Impact Employer Framework offers insights into the unique challenges companies face in this moment, along with emerging practices to help business leaders navigate recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and related crises.

At a Senate committee hearing, JFF CEO Maria Flynn calls for modernization of the nation’s workforce development system—through innovation and increased investment in postsecondary education and training—to help the millions of workers displaced by the recession and ongoing economic change.

Today we remember George Floyd, and recognize that conviction is not justice. JFF pledges to continue our work for equity and opportunity for all.

JFFLabs Market Scan | To be prepared for the work of today and tomorrow, we need more than just the right skills. We need an infrastructure that supports continuous and transformative learning throughout a lifetime.

JFF President and CEO Maria Flynn calls on leaders from across the political spectrum to join together to strengthen our democracy by building equitable systems that create good jobs for all.

Even before the COVID-19 crisis, the United States was overdue for a transformation of its postsecondary education and workforce development systems to meet the vast skill and employment needs of today’s workers and employers. The pandemic has exponentially increased this need for change, with millions of Americans permanently out of work and in need of reskilling. We must learn from this crisis and use its momentum to make the kinds of changes that are necessary if our economy is to rebound, our employers are to remain competitive, and our workers are to survive.

As the country marks a new beginning with a new president, it is critically important for the White House and Congress to craft bipartisan legislative solutions that lead to an equitable and long-term economic recovery.

In our Financing the Future initiative, educators, policymakers, private-sector financiers, and learners themselves will reimagine the way society pays for postsecondary skill development.

At JFF, we’re observing this Labor Day with a new sense of gravity—and we’re renewing our commitment to building a society where everyone can advance economically.

We’re bringing together America’s largest companies in a shared commitment to embracing business values and practices that prioritize the economic well-being and mobility of their people. Join us to #RecoverStronger.

JFF calls on Congress to include significant funding for worker retraining programs in next package of COVID-19 economic stimulus legislation.

Two-year pilot program enables workforce development boards and nonprofit job training providers to make better use of outcomes data.

The Supreme Court’s ruling is a hopeful sign for DACA recipients. Now Congress must take the next step and build a permanent pathway to citizenship for Dreamers.

In the midst of our nation's rightful outrage, we condemn acts of violence and aggression against Black people. And we commit to using our organizational positions, privilege, and power to work for racial justice and equity.

It’s time to extend the social contract to the many immigrant frontline workers who are risking their lives during this pandemic. They deserve access to health care, fair wages, sick leave, and other basic rights.

This report is a national landscape analysis of secondary-level, skilled trades education. We analyzed data from 37 states to understand what trades education programs are offered, who participates in them, and what outcomes students experience. We also reviewed promising practices and challenges to the field and made recommendations to stakeholders in education, workforce, and industry for improving access to quality trades programs.

After the last recession, JFF helped implement a $2 billion federal recovery effort that retrained 400,000 adults for new jobs. In the post-COVID economy, we’ll need more than good programs—we’ll need transformative change.

The next stimulus package must fund the U.S. workforce development system, whose specialized services will be more important than ever as the economy recovers from the effects of COVID-19.

The federally funded job center system needs a massive push to get all services online immediately to support the fast-growing ranks of the unemployed.

Strategies to address extensive learning loss caused by COVID-19-related school closures should aim to permanently strengthen educational opportunities for low-income students.

As parents and professional educators, we see systemic inequities in stark relief as we help our kids school-at-home during the COVID-19 crisis. We all must act now.

One of our nation’s most successful job training strategies is at risk of losing momentum. Supporters must take action to maintain apprenticeship gains if the pandemic leads to recession.

JFF examines provisions of the $2 trillion stimulus package that provides relief aid to the students, workers, families, and communities that are grappling with the fallout of the COVID-19 crisis.

Higher ed leaders trying to serve the needs of vulnerable students must also look ahead to a trio of challenges in a post-pandemic world.