ERIC Number: ED613935
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jun
Pages: 12
Abstractor: ERIC
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Integrating a Racial and Ethnic Equity Lens into Workforce Development Training for Young Adults
Lantos, Hannah; Hanft, Sam; DeMand, Alex; Redd, Zakia; Moore, Kristin A.
Child Trends
The majority of youth and young adults in the United States who are out of work are youth of color. To better reach and support all participants, many workforce development programs are increasingly embedding a racial and ethnic equity and inclusion (REEI) approach into job skills training initiatives. Launched by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in 2015, Generation Work™ aims to connect more of America's young adults with meaningful employment by changing the way public and private systems prepare them for jobs. This brief explores how one local partnership in the Generation Work initiative, led by the Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana (GCSI)--and specifically its Excel Center® adult high schools--rolled out REEI training for its staff throughout the organization as part of its recognition that positive youth development (PYD) approaches would have limited reach without more explicit REEI work. This is one of five case studies that examine how local partnerships in the Generation Work initiative have scaled up and supported the use of PYD approaches in training programs for young people who seek high-quality training and employment. For the other case studies in this series, see Cleveland (ED613973), Hartford, Philadelphia (ED613975), and Seattle (ED613974).
Descriptors: Young Adults, Job Training, Labor Force Development, Adult Education, Equal Education, Inclusion, Partnerships in Education, Staff Development, Program Effectiveness, Minority Groups
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Authoring Institution: Child Trends
Identifiers - Location: Indiana (Indianapolis)
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