WSI – Policy & Systems Change

Can well-implemented, sector-focused training programs make a difference to the earnings of low-income disadvantaged workers and job seekers?

This publication explores ways sector initiatives engage in “systems change” activities to help address structural issues that hamper their success.

This publication is designed to provide a concise overview of the elements and outcomes associated with sector work.

This publication examines the sectoral development field, explaining how it differs from other workforce development approaches, how it has grown over time, what is has achieved, and how it can be used to strengthen regional economies and business competitiveness.

This issue takes an in-depth look at strategic collaborations between community colleges and community-based sectoral employment initiatives.

This issue describes the lessons learned from nine sectoral workforce development programs and their business customers as they worked with WSI to create a process for assessing the value of their services from the employers’ perspective.

This edition of Update examines the experiences of six sectoral employment development programs as they tackled specific communications challenges and attempted to build their overall communications capacity.

This report, a collaborative effort between the Urban Institute and WSI, documents the range of projects undertaken and the outcomes achieved by the 38 Workforce Investment Boards (WIBS) participating in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Sectoral Employment Development Demonstration project.

This publication details some of the important lessons learned from the strong relationships that have developed over time between 10 sector projects and their employer partners.

This report describes the proceedings of two meetings initiated by WSI in Spring 2004.