Real Pathways to Economic Stability and Opportunity for All
We invest in NEPA’s workforce development infrastructure—planning, training, pathways, and supports—that no single organization can build alone.
Our Investment Priorities
These priorities reflect regional workforce needs and opportunities identified through the Collaborative’s planning, research, stakeholder engagement, and ecosystem mapping efforts.
Healthcare & Care Economy Workforce Pathways
Strengthen healthcare and care economy workforce pathways, partnerships, and talent pipelines to address critical regional workforce shortages while expanding access to high-quality careers.
The Collaborative will prioritize opportunities that strengthen the region’s healthcare workforce ecosystem and improve connections between education, training, employment, and career advancement.
Long-Term Goal:
A stronger and more resilient healthcare workforce ecosystem that expands access to family-sustaining careers while meeting the long-term workforce needs of regional employers and institutions.
Workforce Access, Mobility & Economic Opportunity
Support workforce solutions that reduce barriers to employment, training completion, and career advancement, particularly for populations facing persistent workforce participation challenges.
The Collaborative will prioritize strategies that make workforce pathways more accessible and help residents successfully enter, persist in, and advance through education, training, and employment.
Long-Term Goal:
More residents can access and advance through workforce pathways that lead to economic mobility, family-sustaining wages, and long-term stability.
Workforce Innovation, Employer Partnerships & Talent Development
In collaboration with JobsFirst NEPA, advance innovative workforce strategies that strengthen employer engagement, enhance talent development systems, and improve connections between education, training, and employment.
The Collaborative will prioritize opportunities that strengthen employer and workforce partnerships, respond to regional talent needs, and test approaches the have the potential to strengthen the broader workforce ecosystem.
Long-Term Goal:
A stronger workforce development ecosystem that responds effectively to employer demand while creating accessible pathways to quality careers for regional residents.
Shared Data, Learning & Workforce Intelligence
Strengthen regional workforce intelligence, shared learning, and data-informed decision-making to support strategic investment and long-term workforce planning.
The Collaborative will prioritize opportunities to improve how regional stakeholders use data, evidence, and shared learning to understand workforce needs, identify gaps and opportunities, and inform future investments
Long-Term Goal:
A stronger regional workforce intelligence infrastructure that supports more informed investment, policy, and workforce planning decisions.
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