Hot Topics for Sector Initiatives | December 2-12, 2014

Conference Resources

The 2014 NNSP Virtual Conference featured workshops and interactive discussions about important policy and practice lessons from the sector field. Conference sessions were accompanied by resources provided by speakers or gathered by NNSP that offer additional information to those motivated to pursue it. In addition, conference sessions were recorded.

Following are resources associated with the conference and with conference sessions. New materials, including recordings and slides, will be posted here soon. Want to make sure you receive notification about the availability of these resources and announcements of future events?  Subscribe to NNSP’s free updates now.

About Sector Initiatives and Their Impact

• What Is a Sector Initiative?, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP (fact sheet)
• What Is the Sector Initiative Approach to Workforce Development?, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP (slides)
• Sector Initiatives and Their Impact, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP (fact sheet)
• Tuning In to Local Labor Markets: Findings from the Sectoral Employment Impact Study, Public/Private Ventures (report)
• Sector-Focused Career Centers Evaluation: Effects on Employment and Earnings After One Year, Westat, for New York City Center for Economic Opportunity (report)
• Sector Initiative Intermediary Roles, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP (fact sheet)
• How to Strengthen Business Involvement in a Sector Initiative, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP (slides)
• Sector Initiatives and Systems Change, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP (slides)
• Achieving Employment Equity, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP (brief)
• Achieving Employment Equity: What Sector Initiatives Can Do, Insight Center for Community Economic Development / NNSP (slides)
• Industry Led, Worker Centered and Community Focused: WRTP/BIG STEP’s Sector-Driven Best Practices, WRTP/BIG STEP (report)
   

Sector Initiatives and Career Pathways

• Sector Initiatives and Career Pathways: Lessons from Towards Employment's WorkAdvance Initiative (webinar recording)
• Sector Initiatives and Career Pathways: Lessons from Towards Employment's WorkAdvance Initiative (slides)
• Up Skilling: Business-Workforce Agency Partnership to Build Career Pathways (case study), Towards Employment
• Partner Up: Accelerating Access and Improving Outcomes through Partnership (case study), Towards Employment
• Training Up: Customized, Accessible, Hands-on Cohort Training (case study), Towards Employment
• Sector Initiatives and Career Pathways – Policy Lessons from the Alliance for Quality Career Pathways (webinar recording)
• Sector Initiatives and Career Pathways – Policy Lessons from the Alliance for Quality Career Pathways (slides)
• Alliance for Quality Career Pathways, CLASP (website)
• Shared Vision, Strong Systems: The Alliance for Quality Career Pathways Framework Version 1.0, CLASP (report)
• Career Pathways Resources, Community Colleges and Workforce Development, State of Oregon (resource list)
• How to Build Bridge Programs that Fit into a Career Pathway, Instituto del Progreso Latino (report)
   

Sector Initiatives and Apprenticeships

• Why Sector Initiatives Should Consider Registered Apprenticeship, National Network of Sector Partners (NNSP), Insight Center for Community Economic Development (newsletter)
• An Effectiveness Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Registered Apprenticeship in 10 States (report), Mathematica Policy Research
• Sector Initiatives and Apprenticeships: Lessons from Partners for a Competitive Workforce (webinar recording)
• Sector Initiatives and Apprenticeships: Lessons from Partners for a Competitive Workforce (slides)
• Partners for a Competitive Workforce Manufacturing Apprenticeship Program Best Practices, Partners for a Competitive Workforce (report)
• Sector Initiatives and Apprenticeships: Policy and Practice Lessons from WRTP/BIG STEP (webinar recording)
• Sector Initiatives and Apprenticeships: Policy and Practice Lessons from WRTP/BIG STEP (slides)
• WRTP/BIG STEP Recommendations to the US Department of Labor (DOL) Regarding Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Program Design to Encourage Registered Apprenticeships, WRTP/BIG STEP (report)
   

Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Criminal Records

• Tuning In to Local Labor Markets: Findings from the Sectoral Employment Impact Study, Public/Private Ventures (report)
• Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Criminal Records: Lessons from Per Scholas and New Century Careers (webinar recording)
• Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Criminal Records: Lessons from Per Scholas and New Century Careers (slides)
• "Allegheny County Jail inmates receive training as machinists, masons," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• "Fair Chance" Practices to Support Employment of People with Criminal Records, Part 1 (webinar recording) Note: due to technical difficulties, Part 2 of this webinar was not recorded. Instead, it was reprised as a separate webinar, listed immediately below.
• Cultivating "Fair Chance" Employment (webinar recording) Note: this webinar is a reprise of Part 2 of the virtual conference webinar on "fair chance" employment practices, which was not recorded due to technical difficulties.
• "Fair Chance" Practices to Support Employment of People with Criminal Records, Part 3 (webinar recording)
• "Fair Chance" Practices to Support Employment of People with Criminal Records (slides)
• Best Practice Standards: The Proper Use of Criminal Records in Hiring, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (report)
• 20 Best Practice Standards on the Use of Criminal Background Checks in Hiring Decisions, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (checklist)
• Alameda County Business Leaders Summit on Reentry, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (website)
• Strategies for Creating Fair Employment Opportunities for People with Criminal Records: Findings from the Alameda County Business Leaders Summit on Reentry, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (report)
• “A Better Business Decision,” video testimonial of Pamela Paulk, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Johns Hopkins Health Systems (video)
• "Real Stories," video testimonials from employers and people with criminal records, gathered on Past Forward (video)
• 65 Million “Need Not Apply”: The Case for Reforming Criminal Background Checks for Employment, National Employment Law Project (report)
• Dealing with "The New Scarlet Letter": What Research Tells Us about Negotiating the U.S. Labor Market with a Criminal Record (webinar recording)
• Dealing with "The New Scarlet Letter": What Research Tells Us about Negotiating the U.S. Labor Market with a Criminal Record (slides)
• Steven Raphael, The New Scarlet Letter?: Negotiating the U.S. Labor Market with a Criminal Record, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (report)
   

Sector Initiatives and Youth

• Tuning In to Local Labor Markets: Findings from the Sectoral Employment Impact Study, Public/Private Ventures (report)
• Sector Initiatives and Youth: Lessons from Per Scholas and District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund (webinar recording)
• Sector Initiatives and Youth: Lessons from Per Scholas and District 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund (slides)
• Sector Initiatives and Youth: Lessons from the Young Adult Sectoral Employment Project (webinar recording)
• Sector Initiatives and Youth: Lessons from the Young Adult Sectoral Employment Project (slides)
• Young Adult Sectoral Employment Project (website)
• Innovations in the Field: Young Adult Sectoral Employment Project, JobsFirstNYC (report)