• Text reads: “Expanding California’s Substance Use Disorder Counselor Workforce: Labor Market Need and a Grant-Funded Pathway Portfolio.” To the right, a person has their hand over their face.

    Expanding California’s Substance Use Disorder Counselor Workforce

    Labor Market Need And A Grant-Funded Pathway Portfolio Los Angeles County and the broader Southern California region face a sustained and widening shortage of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) counselors. This shortage is a direct constraint on treatment system capacity because counselor staffing determines how quickly people can enter care, how consistently they can be engaged…

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    Bridging The Gap In Equity and Access to Quality Jobs

    Advancing Equity and Access to Quality Jobs through California’s Workforce Development System This report, supported by The James Irving Foundation and conducted by New Ways to Work, a leading non-profit consulting firm specializing in workforce development, aims to address a critical question: What prevents Local Workforce Development Boards (LWDBs) and their partners from focusing on…

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  • A diverse group of smiling young people with the text “SHAPING THE FUTURE” and the “New Ways to Work” logo.

    Shaping The Future: A Vision for Workforce Intermediaries in Los Angeles County

    Supported by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation (TBF), this report offers a detailed survey of workforce intermediaries (WIs) in Los Angeles County. Essential for linking employers with educators, training programs, and labor pools – particularly those marginalized from the job market – WIs are diverse in their function and impact. Despite the significant presence…

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    Youth Workforce Development In California: Overview, Initiatives & Best Practices

    California’s economic prosperity and societal well-being are deeply intertwined with the development of its youth workforce and by extension, its public youth workforce development system (YWDS), which strives to equip young individuals with essential skills and create pathways for personal and professional growth. This report delves into the various components of the youth workforce development…

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    California’s Hidden Gem: An Overview Of The Adult Education System

    And Introduction and overview of California’s adult education system as a key partner in workforce development and economic recovery. There is great potential and opportunity for social change and economic recovery in California. Yet,we know that for many younger and older adults in our communities, the promises of equitable access for all to educational and…

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    Quality Work-Based Learning Toolkit, NYC DOE

    The NYC Department of Education’s Work-Based Learning Toolkit was developed to assist school leadership, work-based learning coordinators, teachers and their intermediary partners in designing, implementing and supporting quality Work-Based Learning activities for high-school students. The toolkit is aligned with the Domains of College and Career Readiness and is intended to support larger school wide efforts…

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    COYN Action Guide: Expanding Workforce & Career Development Pathways For Opportunity Youth

    A roadmap to expand access to and improve the quality of workforce and career development services provided for 16- to 24-year-old opportunity youth – defined as youth who are disconnected from both school and work as well as those who have experienced foster care, the justice system or homelessness. The frameworks themselves are intentionally ambitious…

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  • Flowchart titled “Career Development Continuum” illustrating three stages: Awareness, Exploration, and Preparation, each with corresponding structured learning, community activities, and work-based learning.

    Career Development Continuum (CDC)

    Preparing all youth for success in college, career, and life. Students and young adults are provided a range of career development opportunities across the continuum through partner-ships between their school or youth organization and employers and community or governmental organizations. This chart lists all of the activities across the continuum, whether they happen through structured…

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