In order to create high-wage growth opportunities for
families, our operational strategies include:
Find and prepare a workforce for construction industry opportunities—including craft, office, professional service, and small business development
Integrate and scale supportive services, particularly access to child care to support working families with effective and seamless navigation assistance
Resolve barriers that prevent people of color and women from finding and keeping good construction jobs
Provide technical assistance and best practice dissemination to drive policy and practice that supports a community development lens that fosters inclusive economies
Issues we address:
High duplication of efforts
Limited shared measures of success
Siloed funding environments and limited alignment across work support and training organizations
Low-income working parents being stalled by service barriers
Local employers unsure how to find and build skilled workers
Our programs and solutions:
Increase collaboration across partners to enhance access
Get local residents into high-wage high-growth career opportunities in construction
This collaborative provides programming in four key areas: