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 | Jul 2, 2024 | News
This post is the ninth and final post 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, Opportunity Youth, Career and College...
by Melissa Zenz | May 19, 2024 | News
We were thrilled to have the opportunity to participate in the WNC Construction Career Days event on April 30th and May 1st, 2024, at the Smoky Mountain Event Center in Waynesville, NC. Approximately 700 high school students and CTE staff from sixteen counties and two...
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 | May 14, 2024 | News
This post is the second in our series about myFutureNC’s Bite-Sized Webinars. In the first post, we wrote about the webinar on Family-Sustaining Wages. Ensuring Degrees & Credentials Lead to Jobs – Labor Market Alignment In this second post in our series on...
