High-quality employment
Overview
A stable job that provides a living wage, good benefits, and predictable, stable scheduling is the ultimate marker of upward economic mobility. Children of parents with high-quality jobs are more likely to grow up in safe, stable households, leading to better academic and social outcomes throughout their lives. Education, workforce and justice strategies can all improve employment outcomes.
Evidence-based strategies
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Description | Issue Areas |
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Providing low-income residents with broadband internet access, hardware subsidies, and digital skills classes
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Housing and community development | |
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Reducing crime by cultivating relationships between community members and those at high risk for being involved with violence
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Justice and public safety | |
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Initiatives to train, recruit, and retain educators and caregivers to deliver evidence-based child care and early education programming
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Early childhood Post-secondary education and workforce development | |
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Hiring, training, and retaining effective and high-quality teachers and school leaders
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K-12 education Post-secondary education and workforce development | |
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Creating a more diverse and inclusive local government
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Post-secondary education and workforce development | |
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Leveraging government procurement to improve public services and support small and minority- and women-owned businesses
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Housing and community development | |
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Helping residents experiencing long-term unemployment find secure jobs and stable income
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Post-secondary education and workforce development | |
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Requiring all employers within a jurisdiction to pay wages adjusted to local living costs
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Financial security | |
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Helping residents balance work, health, and caring for family
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Post-secondary education and workforce development Financial security Health and well-being | |
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Preparing adults for careers mainly in rapidly growing fields like IT, green technology, and financial services
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Post-secondary education and workforce development | |
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Paid short-term employment and internships for high school students during the summer
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K-12 education Post-secondary education and workforce development | |
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Facilitating residents' transitions to full-time employment through subsidized jobs and wraparound support services
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Post-secondary education and workforce development Justice and public safety |