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Who We Are

Since 2000, through expert analysis and technical assistance, broad-based organizing, targeted advocacy, and cutting-edge communications, NSC has changed hundreds of state and federal skills policies that have changed thousands of lives and grown local businesses and economies.

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The Skills Summit

The Skills Summit is NSC’s largest event of the year, convening every stakeholder, every system, every movement, and every political stripe to advance equity and break down the systemic barriers that prevent too many Americans from accessing high-quality, inclusive skills training leading to good jobs and careers. At the Skills Summit, we bring the field together to talk about opportunities happening right now in Washington, D.C. to scale and sustain best practices through public policy.

2023 Skills Summit
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The Latest WIOA Recommendations

To contribute to an inclusive economy, we need to turn WIOA from an underfunded system to one that is adequately resourced to deliver high-quality skills training that supports the assets and aspirations of working people, helps small businesses who hire locally and invest in their workers, and advances racial equity and pathways to quality jobs. NSC's new discussion brief lays out a set of ideas that taken together, can improve WIOA in this way.

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Campaign Update: People Powered Infrastructure

Recent landmark infrastructure laws are expected to create millions of good-paying jobs over the next decade – but if these historic efforts at job creation are to contribute to an inclusive, equitable economy, that means investing in people as well as hard infrastructure.

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We're covering the latest news in workforce development, from Capitol Hill and across the country.

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