• Organize resources from multiple institutions and funding streams to support and sustain workforce advancement;
• Pursue a dual customer approach, serving businesses looking for qualified workers and job seekers and incumbent workers looking to advance their careers;
• Provide or broker services—education, training, asset development, and support services—that help workers gain access to the initial rungs of the ladder to economic opportunity and advancement;
• Serve a variety of workers, but recognize and address the special needs of lower-skilled, lower-wage workers and job seekers;
• Reduce turnover and increase economic mobility of workers;
• Test and adapt innovative approaches to workforce problems; and
• Catalyze improvements in public systems and business employment practices.

Workforce partnerships engage businesses in the structure of the partnership as a formal part of decision making and ongoing governance. They also specify benefits and outcomes for individuals, employers, and the systems that affect employers and low-skilled adults.

LAWFC Grantees