The Employment and Training Administration’s New Youth Vision stresses transforming some of the nation's neediest youth into candidates for new jobs in a demand-driven economy.
Education programs, particularly Multiple Education Pathways programs, have taken on new importance for workforce system efforts to create a skilled, well-trained and demand-driven workforce. Workforce Investment Act-funded youth programs serve as a catalyst to connect youth with quality secondary and post-secondary educational opportunities and high-growth and other employment opportunities.
For many of our nation’s youth, Multiple Education Pathways programs have become the connection through which they can become a valuable part of the workforce supply line in a demand-driven system.
In an effort to be more strategic and build our knowledge about Multiple Education Pathways, ETA has commissioned three papers that explore the following topics:
In an effort to learn more about alternative learning environments, The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is providing $3,441,662 in funding to seven cities to ”blueprint” and implement a system that can reconnect youth that have dropped out of high school to a variety of high quality, innovative multiple education pathways. The cities include:
Brockton, MA (lead agency: Brockton School Department)
Des Moines, IA (lead agency: Des Moines Community College)
Fall River, MA (lead agency: Bristol Workforce Development Board)
Gary, IN (lead agency: Center for Workforce Innovations)
Metairie, LA (lead agency: Jefferson Parish Chamber of Commerce)
Mobile, AL (lead agency: Mobile Area Education Foundation)
Pittsburgh, PA (Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board)
For more information about the grant click on each city's name.
