Driving Federal, State, and Local Workforce Funds Toward Evidence-based Strategies
Results for America’s Evidence in Workforce Lab develops policy recommendations and strategies on how to improve outcomes for job seekers and employers by investing federal, state, and local workforce dollars in evidence-based, results-driven solutions.
We Partner with State and Local Governments
Access to quality employment is vital for healthy economies, families, and communities, and the public workforce system plays a key role in this mission by connecting workers to jobs that provide safety, dignity, fair wages, and growth opportunities.
Results for America’s Workforce Development Program partners with workforce leaders across government to ensure public workforce funding leads to meaningful employment outcomes through technical assistance, public goods, and coalition building. By leveraging data and evidence, policymakers can maximize millions in workforce funding to drive impactful change, but effective programming requires tailored approaches. Embedding evidence-based practices into procurement and implementation can enhance accountability, employment outcomes, economic stability, and community well-being.
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RFA works with data- and evidence-driven state and local government leaders through our State & Local Workforce Fellowship to make tangible progress in improving employment outcomes. Since launching in 2019, the program has engaged government professionals from nearly 30 states and 50 jurisdictions. We are not accepting applications at this time.
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Free Resources for Workforce Leaders
- The Job Quality Playbook is a guide for workforce and economic development agencies to learn more about why job quality matters, what components make a good job and how to support both employers and workers.
- The Workforce Evidence-Based Spending Guide is designed to help state and local government workforce development professionals build and use evidence to achieve better, more equitable outcomes through their grantmaking, purchasing and procurement.
- Data@Work is our podcast unpacking how data-driven strategies are revolutionizing workforce development at all levels of government.
- Join our email list to get resources and updates on how governments can use data and evidence to create better quality jobs through procurement and evaluation.