Hello NCL colleagues, NSC has just released a new report, *Funding Resilience <https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/how-states-can-rev-up-their-recoveries-through-upskilling>. * We've done a scan of every state to see whether they offer state-funded incumbent worker training. Turns out, 30 states do -- and of those, 23 states include foundational skills such as literacy, numeracy, English language and/or digital literacy. Our new report has recommendations for streamlining these programs to make it faster and easier for employers to use them to upskill current employees, and to help unemployed people rapidly re-train for new jobs with their companies. Being mindful that state budgets are in crisis, we have offered some revenue-neutral policy recommendations as well as a call for increased investment where possible. All part of our larger effort to support an Inclusive Economic Recovery -- adult ed is a key piece of the puzzle, and emphasizing adult ed as part of state IWT (not to be confused with WIOA-funded IWT) is core to NSC's position. Check it out! https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/how-states-can-rev-up-their-recoveries-through-upskilling -Amanda -- *Amanda Bergson-Shilcock*, Senior Fellow *National Skills Coalition* Pronouns: she/her/hers 1250 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20036 215-285-2860 (mobile) *www.nationalskillscoalition.org <http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/>* [image: GuideStar Member]

Thanks for doing and sharing this report, Amanda. Good information to have. One thing I noticed is that at least where Massachusetts is concerned, the report left out the workplace education program for incumbent workers that our state's adult education office has administered since the 1990's with very good guidelines and process, including mandatory planning process and grants for workplace needs assessments and curriculum planning. World Education and several non-profits run workplace education programs with these grant funds. The largest, long-term workplace education programs for basic skills are run by unions in our state funded by union fees. Unions are noteworthy providers and funders of basic skills education for incumbent workers. Best, Silja . Silja kallenbach [image: Red Squares]Vice President [image: Red Squares] 617.482.9485 www.worlded.org [image: JSILogo] <http://www.facebook.com/worlded> [image: JSILogo] <http://www.twitter.com/worlded> Follow Us WorldEd <https://www.facebook.com/worlded> on Facebook @WorldEd <https://www.twitter.com/worlded> | @WorldEdUS <https://twitter.com/WorldEdUS> | @Bantwana <https://www.twitter.com/bantwtana> on Twitter On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 3:35 PM Amanda Bergson-Shilcock < amandabs@nationalskillscoalition.org> wrote: > Hello NCL colleagues, > > NSC has just released a new report, *Funding Resilience > <https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/how-states-can-rev-up-their-recoveries-through-upskilling>. * > > We've done a scan of every state to see whether they offer state-funded > incumbent worker training. Turns out, 30 states do -- and of those, 23 > states include foundational skills such as literacy, numeracy, English > language and/or digital literacy. > > Our new report has recommendations for streamlining these programs to make > it faster and easier for employers to use them to upskill current > employees, and to help unemployed people rapidly re-train for new jobs with > their companies. Being mindful that state budgets are in crisis, we have > offered some revenue-neutral policy recommendations as well as a call for > increased investment where possible. > > All part of our larger effort to support an Inclusive Economic Recovery -- > adult ed is a key piece of the puzzle, and emphasizing adult ed as part of > state IWT (not to be confused with WIOA-funded IWT) is core to NSC's > position. > > Check it out! > https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/how-states-can-rev-up-their-recoveries-through-upskilling > > -Amanda > -- > *Amanda Bergson-Shilcock*, Senior Fellow > *National Skills Coalition* > Pronouns: she/her/hers > > 1250 Connecticut Ave, NW > Suite 200 > Washington, D.C. 20036 > > 215-285-2860 (mobile) > > *www.nationalskillscoalition.org <http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/>* > > [image: GuideStar Member] > _______________________________________________ > National Coalition for Literacy Members mailing list > Members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/members_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org >

Yes, it was a bear trying to figure out which programs met the criteria. Our project was focused on employer-based upskilling, a fairly nebulous concept when we started out that we tried to refine. As best I could figure out, the MA program didn't meet the criteria we were using. It's always challenging try to figure out what is in and what is out. I am a huge fan of labor-management partnerships, but we didn't include *any *LMPs or similar union-funded programs in this scan because it was focused on state-funded efforts. On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 4:56 PM Silja Kallenbach < silja_kallenbach@worlded.org> wrote: > Thanks for doing and sharing this report, Amanda. Good information to > have. One thing I noticed is that at least where Massachusetts is > concerned, the report left out the workplace education program for > incumbent workers that our state's adult education office has administered > since the 1990's with very good guidelines and process, including mandatory > planning process and grants for workplace needs assessments and curriculum > planning. World Education and several non-profits run workplace education > programs with these grant funds. The largest, long-term workplace > education programs for basic skills are run by unions in our state funded > by union fees. Unions are noteworthy providers and funders of basic skills > education for incumbent workers. > Best, > Silja > > . > Silja kallenbach [image: Red Squares]Vice President [image: Red Squares] > 617.482.9485 > www.worlded.org [image: JSILogo] <http://www.facebook.com/worlded> [image: > JSILogo] <http://www.twitter.com/worlded> > Follow Us > WorldEd <https://www.facebook.com/worlded> on Facebook > @WorldEd <https://www.twitter.com/worlded> | @WorldEdUS > <https://twitter.com/WorldEdUS> | @Bantwana > <https://www.twitter.com/bantwtana> on Twitter > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 3:35 PM Amanda Bergson-Shilcock < > amandabs@nationalskillscoalition.org> wrote: > >> Hello NCL colleagues, >> >> NSC has just released a new report, *Funding Resilience >> <https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/how-states-can-rev-up-their-recoveries-through-upskilling>. * >> >> We've done a scan of every state to see whether they offer state-funded >> incumbent worker training. Turns out, 30 states do -- and of those, 23 >> states include foundational skills such as literacy, numeracy, English >> language and/or digital literacy. >> >> Our new report has recommendations for streamlining these programs to >> make it faster and easier for employers to use them to upskill current >> employees, and to help unemployed people rapidly re-train for new jobs with >> their companies. Being mindful that state budgets are in crisis, we have >> offered some revenue-neutral policy recommendations as well as a call for >> increased investment where possible. >> >> All part of our larger effort to support an Inclusive Economic Recovery >> -- adult ed is a key piece of the puzzle, and emphasizing adult ed as part >> of state IWT (not to be confused with WIOA-funded IWT) is core to NSC's >> position. >> >> Check it out! >> https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/how-states-can-rev-up-their-recoveries-through-upskilling >> >> -Amanda >> -- >> *Amanda Bergson-Shilcock*, Senior Fellow >> *National Skills Coalition* >> Pronouns: she/her/hers >> >> 1250 Connecticut Ave, NW >> Suite 200 >> Washington, D.C. 20036 >> >> 215-285-2860 (mobile) >> >> *www.nationalskillscoalition.org >> <http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/>* >> >> [image: GuideStar Member] >> _______________________________________________ >> National Coalition for Literacy Members mailing list >> Members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org >> To unsubscribe: >> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/members_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org >> > -- *Amanda Bergson-Shilcock*, Senior Fellow *National Skills Coalition* Pronouns: she/her/hers 1250 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20036 215-285-2860 (mobile) *www.nationalskillscoalition.org <http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/>* [image: GuideStar Member]