The Pathways to Careers Fund: 3 Briefs
Adria Steinberg
This report shares lessons from CBO-employer partnerships for opportunity youth in five cities.
In 2017, the Forum for Community Solutions launched the
to support and learn from effective
partnerships
between community-based organizations (CBOs) and employers
focused on opportunity youth, and explore the potential for scaling such
collaborations. This
new report
documents
lessons from these projects in
five cities:
Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Phoenix, and Seattle.
, written before the COVID-19 pandemic, is comprised of three complementary briefs:
- Emergent Learningsdescribes the history of the Fund and focuses on three key themes: moving from quick job attachment to career pathways, the power of small pilots and the contribution of multisector collaboratives.
- A Citywide ApproachdetailshowfourCBOs supportedbytheFund in Chicago,worked together with Thrive Chicago to improve program quality and amplify impact.
- More Than A Jobexplores what it takes to for young people with complex barriers to thrive in career track employment, including continuous wrap-around support, work-based learning, flexibly timed on-ramps, and CBO relationships with employers that go beyond a transactional approach to true co-investment.
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