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Job Training Programs That Work
Endurance Project Management worked with CareerRise to convene a group of nonprofit, community-based workforce development organizations in Metro Atlanta to create a data alliance. This alliance was focused on advocating for resources for programs that provide employment and training opportunities for low-income individuals, improving the use of and collection of data practices, and tracking their collaborative impact.
One of the initial objectives of this alliance was to complete an examination of the effectiveness of pre-employment job training programs and the success rate achieved through job training and placement services. This report, Job Training Programs That Work: Economic Impact of Job Training Programs in Metro Atlanta, was developed using the framework of the 2016 Job Training Alliance Impact Study with the permission of the Job Training Alliance, Boston, Massachusetts.
Key recommendations from the report include:
Establish sustained and flexible sources of funding to scale effective programs, increase outcomes and achieve economies of scale.
Provide access to wage data, aggregate data-sharing and analytics to the nonprofit sector to increase effectiveness.
Support access to additional credentialing and career pathways in growth occupations to advance individuals to living wages.
High quality job training is a valuable tool to address economic immobility in the region. Participation and alignment of providers, employers, philanthropy, and state and local government will increase impact through scaling and improved outcomes across the region’s community-based service providers.
Integrate training with evidence-based best practices for mitigating barriers to employment such as criminal history, transportation, and childcare.
