by Melissa Zenz | Aug 20, 2024 | News
On August 14-15, 2024, Jobs for the Future (JFF) staff visited several sites in our region to focus on education and workforce development policy with their Congressional Staff Network, a bipartisan, bicameral delegation of Congressional staff. These staff members on...
by Melissa Zenz | Jun 18, 2024 | News
This post is the seventh in our series about myFutureNC’s Bite-Sized Webinars. Previous posts covered Family-Sustaining Wages, Labor Market Alignment, FAFSA and Financial Aid, NC Pre-K, Opportunities for Growth, and Opportunity Youth. NC Has One of the Nation's...
by Melissa Zenz | May 16, 2024 | News
In the first quarter of 2024, we enrolled 70 individuals in education and training programs through our federally-funded program Project Collaborate. One unique feature of this project is that it has a regional focus that includes partnering with not just one but two...
by Melissa Zenz | Feb 13, 2024 | News
As part of our broader goals for educational attainment and workforce outcomes, we have a strategic goal pertaining specifically to the workforce: To make sure our efforts are working toward that goal, we stay informed about labor market trends and the needs of our...
by Melissa Zenz | Feb 11, 2024 | News
For National School Counseling Week 2024 (February 5-9, 2024), we are taking the opportunity to celebrate our region’s school counselors and to dig into the data on how our districts are doing in attaining the recommended ratios of students to school counselors....
