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For millions of Americans, career navigation is broken. A new technology revolution is on the horizon—connecting people to opportunities, at scale. This issue brief offers a road map through the complex and messy ecosystem of career navigation.

In a follow-up to a 2019 study of low-income young adult gig workers, the researchers reconnected with study participants to explore how they had been affected by the pandemic-driven health and economic crises. They learned that most of them are...

This resource documents a few key economic trends emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic recession. Job losses and loss of income have fallen disproportionally on workers in occupations and industries that rely on in-person interaction. Also markedly...

As a national partner to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Generation Work initiative, the researchers are exploring new ways that workforce service providers are connecting young people—particularly young adults of color—with the knowledge,...

The purpose of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) is to provide education, training, and supportive services to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families recipients and other low-income individuals to prepare them for occupations in the...

The State of California Employment Training Panel (ETP) provides funding to train workers to retain quality jobs in California; increase competitiveness; enhance the transferable skills of the workforce; and improve productivity and quality. ETP’s...

The authors of this report aimed to understand the health of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and labor market in the Appalachia region — defined as the intersection of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia —...

This brief focuses on comparing the working conditions experienced by older workers (ages 50 and above) with those of their prime-age peers (ages 35–49), based on their responses to questions posed by the American Working Conditions Survey (ACWS)....

To gain a better understanding of local workforce areas’ responses to going suddenly virtual in four states—Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania—researchers reviewed the websites of every workforce area to identify the services made...

The brief provides an overview of some major trends and issues that governors will be facing in the years to come resulting from the pandemic or the impact of post-pandemic economic recovery and growth—several of which were discussed during an...