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Protect Investments in People

Workforce funding, health care, child care, and other essential programs work together to keep workers, businesses, and communities strong. Keep Our Workforce Strong calls on Congress to reject harmful cuts and on state leaders to protect these critical investments — ensuring our workforce and economy stay strong.

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Keep the Momentum from the Skills Summit!

NSC's advocacy guide shares simple ways to stay engaged: follow up with policymakers, host site visits that show skills in action, lift up local voices, and share stories that connect community impact to national policy.

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Federal Policy Blogs

WIOA Reauthorization is Back, but Partisan Changes Complicate its Path Forward
Apr 17, 2026

WIOA Reauthorization is Back, but Partisan Changes Complicate its Path Forward

 Megan Evans,
Make America Skilled Again? Not with these Cuts
Apr 15, 2026

Make America Skilled Again? Not with these Cuts

 Megan Evans, Caroline Treschitta,
Protecting Progress, Shaping What’s Next: Highlights from the 2026 Skills Summit
Feb 11, 2026

Protecting Progress, Shaping What’s Next: Highlights from the 2026 Skills Summit

 Nicky Lauricella Coolberth,
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82% of voters support increasing government funding for skills training

NSC's public opinion series, conducted by Impact Research, analyzes American public perspectives of jobs, skills training, and the economy across a range of the most pressing issues facing the nation. The findings support a need for continued investments in our workforce system.

Public Opinion Research

State Policy Blogs

Ohio data provides early insights into the value of short-term credentials – and the need for stronger oversight and data systems as Workforce Pell rolls out.
Apr 21, 2026

Ohio data provides early insights into the value of short-term credentials – and the need for stronger oversight and data systems as Workforce Pell rolls out.

 Amanda Bergson-Shilcock,
From Community Engagement to State Policy: Colorado’s Fight to Keep Supportive Services at the Heart of Workforce Development 
Mar 25, 2026

From Community Engagement to State Policy: Colorado’s Fight to Keep Supportive Services at the Heart of Workforce Development 

 Karina Paredes-Arzola,
Child Care Is Workforce Infrastructure: How Iowa Advocates Are Driving Policy Change
Nov 13, 2025

Child Care Is Workforce Infrastructure: How Iowa Advocates Are Driving Policy Change

 Seanniece Bamiro,
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Our Network in Action

See what the experts and organizations across all of NSC's networks are doing to keep our workforce strong!

Workforce Funding Letter to Congress

175 organizations signed on to a letter to urge policymakers to ensure that federal workforce and education programs are funded at levels that reflect their importance, so that every worker and employer can thrive in a rapidly changing economy. (Jan 2026)

CIAW letter to Congress

Nearly 130 organizations signed on to Campaign to Invest in America's Workforce's letter urging Congress to use some of the reconcilliation package on workforce funding (including training, education, and supportive services) - particularly as it applies to implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. (July 2022)

In the News

Check out the recent news featuring the Keep Our Workforce Strong campaign.

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The On-Again Off-Again Bill is Back
May 04, 2026 News

Trump proposal to streamline jobs program funding would cut funding to states.
Apr 15, 2026 News

Workshift: One Million Apprentices? The Math Only Works if Women Are Included.
Mar 25, 2026 News