Systems Impact

The National Fund is a rather young endeavor, yet this evaluation report reveals that NFWS is sparking innovation nationwide, that structural changes around workforce development are being implemented and tested, and that NFWS sites are successfully marrying workers’ training needs with employers’ workforce demands.

In 2007, several national foundations and the U.S. Department of Labor launched the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, a $50 million effort to strengthen and expand high-impact workforce development initiatives across the country. In preparing the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, the investors gained experience with the urban component of such work, but the rural context was less well understood. The Annie E.

To inform anticipated reforms of the U.S. workforce development system, a new brief from the National Fund for Workforce Solutions describes its principles for effective efforts to make the system better for workers, employers, and regions: