Workforce Affinity Group

The Workforce Affinity Group connects funders interested in or investing in workforce development to discuss current and emerging issues, best practices, and opportunities for collaboration. This network is geared toward staff engaged in related grantmaking at any level and meets six times a year.

Members of the Workforce Affinity Group can engage with each other directly by emailing the listserv at workforce@lists.ctphilanthropy.org

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Network Leadership

Yolanda… | The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

Yolanda Caldera-Durant
Vice President for Program and Community Engagement
Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

Betty Sugerman Weintraub
Grant Program Manager
Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority


Contact

For more information, contact the Council Vice President Alexis Bivens at abivens@ctphilanthropy.org.


 

Resources

How Unpredictable Work Hours Turn Families Upside Down

The New York Times reports on the University of California's Shift Project's new research: African-Americans, Hispanics and other minorities — particularly women — are much more likely to be assigned irregular schedules, and that the harmful repercussions are felt not just by the workers but also their families.

A Design for Workforce Equity

This report by Center for American Progfress provides the theoretical framing for placing equity concerns at the center of policymaking in workforce development.

Workforce Matters Funders Network

Workforce Matters is a peer network of funders that draws on expert and practitioner knowledge to strengthen workforce development philanthropy and advance equitable access to quality education and employment for young people and adults.