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Sector Strategies: Aligning the Skills of the Workforce with the Needs of Employers

Issue Brief
Published: Nov 08, 2015
Publisher: Oakland, CA: Mathematica Policy Research and Social Policy Research Associates
Human Services Employment Economic Development, Job Creation, and Entrepreneurship Training and Re-employment Research & Evaluation Evaluation Design Policy Analysis

Associated Project

Workforce Investment Act Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard Evaluation

Time frame: 2008-2017

Prepared for:

U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

Authors

Jessica Ziegler

This brief describes how 28 Local Workforce Investment Boards (LWIBs) collaborated regionally with other LWIBs. It highlights the key goals of these collaborations and provides a detailed description of a particularly comprehensive LWIB partnership that can serve as a model for boards that are currently pursuing collaboration. It is of 11 special topic briefs based on findings from the Workforce Investment Act Gold Standard Evaluation implementation study.

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