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In September 2023, the Employment and Training Administration announced $16 million in Critical Sectors Job Quality grants to support organizations in 12 states as they pilot strategies to improve job quality and increase the availability of good...

Collecting and parsing data is not only vital to developing a sector strategy that meets the needs of the local and regional economies and labor markets, but it is important to collect data during the implementation and sustaining of the strategy...

While local areas are charged with implementing sector partnerships around their regional economies to meet their local labor needs, the role of the states is very different. A state’s role in a sector strategy is to create the conditions under...

State workforce agencies and local areas have known for some time the promise of sector strategies in helping grow economies and labor forces, and have created legislation and policy to support such efforts. Not all legislation will work for all...

Just as data is the key to determining the correct industry sectors upon which to build a sector strategy, it also is vital in understanding your regional talent supply, and the skills and occupations that are most aligned with the needs of your...

As with any long-term project of significant size, decisions around staffing are vital to how an organization will operate, and how its goals will be accomplished. This is true when building a sector strategy, as an organization will want to...

Finding ways to fund a successful sector strategy in a sustainable way while still meeting all the needs of your organization can seem a daunting task, especially when faced with a variety of mandates tied to each funding source. These resources...

The Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) supports the integration of programs where possible and the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is especially encouraging linkages between Sector Strategies, Career Pathways and Registered...

There are some major factors that contribute to sustaining state and regional sector strategies, besides funding, and some specific steps that state agencies and regional organizations can take to address these factors in their sector strategies.

Sector strategies ― regional, industry-focused approaches to building skilled workforces ― are one of the most effective ways to align public and private resources to address the talent needs of employers.