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Are you a workforce or economic development professional, educator, or business leaders from around the country interested in contributing to the success of businesses?

This video features three practitioners who discuss promising practices in building a talent pipeline in their initiatives to engage employers. They address their emphasis on developing collaborative partnerships with employers and community...

An important key to your success is the execution of effective outreach strategies — tactics that can either make or break a program.  What you really need is a toolbox of resources that you can call upon to help you create and maintain your...

Deep South Community Agricultural Network (DSCAN) aims to improve the livelihoods of rural families in Alabama and Mississippi by redefining farming as a wealth-building strategy.

The Rural Cultural Wealth Lab builds metrics to strengthen policymakers’ understanding of the various relationships and assets that define and reveal rural community wealth.

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which was signed into law in 2014, envisions strong partnerships between local workforce development areas and local economic development agencies. Local workforce boards are encouraged to...

ETA held a National Convening of workforce leadership for implementing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).   The WIOA National Convening took place on January 26-28, 2016 in Washington, D.C.

These resources provide information and training to support the implementation of key WIOA provisions related to businesses and employers. Businesses are strategic partners and customers of the workforce development system. 

This video features three practitioners who discuss promising practices in building a talent pipeline in their initiatives to engage employers. They address their emphasis on developing collaborative partnerships with employers and community...

Under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), economic development entities are partners in the workforce system.  While economic development efforts are centered around recruiting new businesses and helping existing ones expand in a...