Workforce Development
FoundationCCC oversees the development of programs and responsive training innovations that help better prepare California’s workforce to meet the needs of our nation’s evolving economy.
Providing Students Paid Work Experience and Opportunities
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Through the Career Catalyst work-based learning program, provided employer-of-record services to 43 partners and distributed $7.45 million in wages to over 2,600 current and prospective students who participated in experiences such as internships and apprenticeships.
Developed a remote paid work experience model to help Career Catalyst partners navigate a virtual or hybrid working environment, and provided guidance on remote work contracts and equipment agreements, location codes, workers' compensation, time tracking, and training.
Through the Fresh Success employment and training program for CalFresh recipients, distributed over $1.2M in assistance dollars, and facilitated the provision of over 740 training experiences and supports to help participants on the path to better jobs and a path to economic self-sufficiency.
Expanded the Fresh Success program to serve noncredit California Community Colleges students and Adult Education students in K-12 programs, and added eight new partners, all of which reach low-income CalFresh recipients, including individuals experiencing homelessness and those returning from incarceration.
Technical Assistance and Organizational Capacity Building
Across all FoundationCCC Workforce Development programs, facilitated 117 total technical assistance training workshops and engaged 2,100 practitioners around virtual, equitable delivery of career and training programs.
Researched impacts of COVID-19 on apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs and provided technical assistance to address new challenges for California Workforce Boards and California Apprenticeship Initiative grantees.
Partnered with the California Department of Education, the Sacramento County Office of Education, and WestEd to support technical assistance in the Adult Education space and align community college noncredit and K-12 adult education programs to help working learners gain education-based skills.
Showcased the California Community Colleges role in expanding apprenticeship programs on a statewide and national level, through participation in the Interagency Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship sub committees for “Equal Employment Opportunity” and “Civil Service,” serving on the Division of Apprenticeship Standards Advisory committee, and presenting best practices to the James Irvine Foundation Better Careers Initiative cohort.
Provided technical assistance to the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) and helped implement the “Sacramento Integrated Multimodal Place-Based Living” project which aims to provide job training and education opportunities in partnership with the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency, Urban Strategies, Greater Sacramento Urban League, Grid Alternatives, SacRT, and SHRA Resident Services.
Innovating to Achieve More Equitable Outcomes for Workers and Learners
Expanded the Future of Work and Learning Initiative, which provides research and support to help colleges reflect critically on what teaching and learning means, adopt more holistic, student-centered educational strategies, and strengthen relationships with employers and workforce development system partners to achieve more equitable education and career outcomes for students.
Served on the Bay Area Community College Consortium Apprenticeship Advisory Committee to support the development of new and innovative pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs in the bay area.
Integrated DEI initiatives into apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs by partnering with Tradeswomen Inc. to address the lack of women in high paying trades apprenticeships and creating an Equitable Apprenticeship Toolkit in collaboration with High Road Partners.
Supported Collaborative Impact Partners on efforts to lift up women of color in the apprenticeship space, including through participating in the California Afterschool Network Expanded Learning Program and teacher apprenticeship program and presenting to an Early Care and Education Pathways to Success national conference audience on funding strategies for Early Childhood Education apprenticeship programs.