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P/PV and Aspen Institute Announce Seventh Class of Sector Skills Academy Fellows

P/PV, along with the Aspen Institute, is proud to announce the seventh class of Sector Skills Academy Fellows. These 25 workforce development leaders will participate in peer and classroom learning, site visits, and workshops to aid in their professional growth. Each participant will reflect on and refine his/her vision, strategy and implementation plan for a specific sectoral initiative. To learn more about the Sector Skills Academy, click here.

		Working With Employers Guide Now Available for Free Download

Working With Employers, P/PV's curriculum for job developers, is now available for free download online. Previously only offered in hard copy form, the Working with Employers Facilitator Guide offers 10 skill development modules that can strengthen the effectiveness of frontline staff's job placement activities. The accompanying Participant Workbook is also available for free download.

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P/PV is fortunate to collaborate with committed practitioners around the country—evaluating their programs, working together to identify challenges and best practices, and replicating effective models. From this experience, we distill lessons about effective program strategies and compile them in reports, toolkits, curricula, workshops and conferences, all designed to help service-delivery organizations more effectively fulfill their individual missions. More >>

Publications for Practitioners

Navigating the Child Support System: Lessons from the Fathers at Work Initiative
Navigating the Child Support System provides a basic introduction to child support enforcement and shares tips, tools and cautions for workforce organizations that aim to help noncustodial fathers understand and manage their obligations. It is based on the experiences of sites that participated in the Fathers at Work initiative.

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Using Data for Success: Five Activities for Workforce Managers to Use with Frontline Staff
Commissioned by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and based on input from its grantees and other practitioners, Using Data for Success is designed to help workforce development organizations use data to improve their performance and the well-being of their clients.

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How Community-Based Organizations Can Learn about the Needs and Strengths of Disconnected Young People: Hudson Guild of New York City's Youth Survey Effort
In Fall 2007, Hudson Guild embarked on a study to assess the needs of youth in their community who were disconnected or at risk of becoming disconnected. This brief provides the survey they conducted in its entirety and a companion decision-making tool that can be utilized by other organizations interested in undertaking a similar effort.

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Initiatives for Practitioners

Evaluation of Financial Management in Out-of-School Time
This initiative seeks to strengthen the financial-management practices of out-of-school-time programs by evaluating two distinct capacity-building strategies.

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