Since 2008, the Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative (BAWFC) has focused on building the workforce training capacity of community colleges. The BAWFC has chosen to make deep investments in four Bay Area colleges to test a set of strategies aimed at improving training and employment outcomes for individual students enrolled in sector-specific career training programs, while at the same time lead to long-term systems change in the way that colleges design and deliver career pathway programs.
Workforce Partnerships
Current Local Funding Partners
Sector Focus
Since its founding in 2004, BAWFC-funded workforce partnerships have served 1,217 individuals; 795 have completed training programs; and 544 have been placed in jobs in the sector for which they were trained.
The BAWFC has supported a state-wide policy initiative through the California EDGE Campaign to: 1) increase the number of Californians who continue their education beyond high school and achieve a degree or industry-recognized credential; and 2) transform and align state workforce programs to address the skill needs of their industry sectors and regional economies.
Through its convening role, the BAWFC has catalyzed partnerships between Bay Area community colleges and Workforce Investment Boards resulting in greater collaboration and better alignment across these two systems.
- "S.F. Foundation scores grant for job training plan" San Francisco Business Times • October 28, 2011