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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
2023 Skills in the States Forum
In November our network gathered for the 7th annual Skills in the States Forum! The Skills in the States Forum convenes state and local leaders from across the country who are working to bring skills training opportunities to more people through policy changes in their states to ensure an inclusive economy.
2023 Forum
Quality Non-Degree Credentials Can Lead to Good Jobs
For years, NSC has been working with states to define, measure, and track the quality of non-degree credentials. The Non-Degree Credential Quality Imperative report shares our takeaways from that work, and offers guidance on how to advance quality assurance so that policymakers feel confident in investing in non-degree credentials, students have confidence in their training programs, and employers know which programs effectively prepare people for careers.
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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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Combined federal investments will support nearly 3 million jobs per year
New analysis by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst commissioned by the BlueGreen Alliance and National Skills Coalition estimates that the combined investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Inflation Reduction Act, and CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS) will support nearly 3 million jobs per year over the life span of the laws. In total, the research shows the investments will support 19 million job-years.
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