for the Study of Human Resources
RMC’s Senior Research Scientist Dr. Chris King and Corporation for a Skilled Workforce‘s President and CEO Larry Good co-authored an article “Rethinking Workforce Policy During the COVID-19 Recovery” for Medium published on June 16, 2020. The article focuses on missed opportunities pre-pandemic, preparations for the next crisis, and what future workforce policy should entail post-pandemic. Chris is also CSWs Board Chair and has worked closely with them for many years.
Amid COVID-19 job losses, the demand for medical professionals in certain sectors remains high, and one local training program is lifting people out of lower-wage jobs and into these vital nursing positions. Austin PBS’s Decibel spoke with Capital IDEA about how they’re working to help meet the nursing demand with training.
*The Ray Marshall Center is proud to be one of the local partners, joining Austin Community College, the Office of the Mayor of the City of Austin, Travis County Judge’s Office, and Workforce Solutions Capital Area in the grant.
To read more about the initiative and see updates, please visit the dedicated website.
RMC Director and Research Scientist Dr. Heath Prince weighs in on the conversation about youth unemployment in a post-Virus America in an article by Charlotte Alter titled “How COVID-19 Will Shape the Class of 2020 For the Rest of Their Lives” published on May 21, 2020 in TIME. You can read the article here.
The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program recently launched the Job Quality Tools Library, a platform to support leaders to strengthen job quality in their own organizations, in the businesses they partner with, and across labor markets. The library offers tools, resources, and guidance to help a variety of organizations – including workforce development, worker advocacy, policy, investing and lending, economic development, and employers – engage in practical action to improve jobs.
In the library, you will find tools to support workers and businesses during and after the current crisis, including a special section of resources focused on urgent responses to COVID-19. You will also find our contribution “Partnering for Equity: How Sector Partnerships are Tackling Workforce Disparities” in the Equity and Inclusion tool featured in Section 4: Strengthening Practices to Improve Job Quality. As we come together to focus on relief in the short-term and building a more inclusive economy in the long-term, tools and approaches to foster high-quality, economy-boosting jobs are more critical than ever.
You can learn more and visit the library here.
RMC Associate Director and Research Associate Dr. Greg Cumpton was interviewed for an article “Overwhelmed and facing an uncertain future, high school seniors prepare for college” by Lara Korte published on 4/17/20 in the Austin American-Statesmen. You can read the article here.
“Years ago, if you would have asked me about cyber security…to me it seemed like it was very Hollywood and just of reach.” Learn how Christion became a cyber security analyst in the latest episode from @AustinPBS’s American Graduate: Getting To Work initiative.
https://www.facebook.com/AustinPBS/videos/2594553804136577/
*The Ray Marshall Center is proud to be one of the local partners, joining Austin Community College, the Office of the Mayor of the City of Austin, Travis County Judge’s Office, and Workforce Solutions Capital Area in the grant.
To read more about the initiative and see updates, please visit the dedicated website.
After building concrete blocks for 13 years, Alex decided he needed something for the long haul. That’s when he decided to get into nursing. Watch his story from Austin PBS’s American Graduate: Getting to Work initiative.
https://www.facebook.com/AustinPBS/videos/492230768396688/
*The Ray Marshall Center is proud to be one of the local partners, joining Austin Community College, the Office of the Mayor of the City of Austin, Travis County Judge’s Office, and Workforce Solutions Capital Area in the grant.
To read more about the initiative and see updates, please visit the dedicated website.
2019 Nuru Kenya Impact Report
Principal Author: Ray Marshall Center
Co-author: Nuru International
Date: February 2020
Publication Type: Report,18pp.
This report is commissioned by Nuru International
Since 2016, the Ray Marshall Center has been providing technical assistance to support Nuru International’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) team. The Center’s experience and expertise supports Nuru’s work in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Nigeria by demonstrating the effectiveness and robustness of its integrated approach to addressing poverty.
In Kenya, the integrated Nuru model seeks to address three key areas of need: 1) food insecurity, 2) inability to cope with economic shocks and 3) unnecessary disease and death. To track program impact, the M&E team collects yearly evaluation data to support all data-driven decision making. This report reviews Nuru Kenya’s impact results from baseline collected in 2018 to the first follow-up in 2019 for Nuru Kenya’s Rural Livelihoods and Healthcare programs.
CareerAdvance® Implementation Study Findings through FY 2019
Prepared for the Health Profession Opportunity Grant Program Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Authors: Cynthia Juniper and Christopher T. King
Date: February 2020
Publication Type: Report, 63pp.
This report examines the evolution of CareerAdvance® and the implementation of the fourth year of HPOG II services in a five-year grant cycle, including post-HPOG sustainability planning for CareerAdvance®. This latest report focuses on changes made as partners work together to prepare for the final year of the HPOG II grant period, the efforts and issues salient to the sustainability of CareerAdvance®, and the impact the participation in CareerAdvance® has had on the partner organizations’ overall philosophy, strategic planning and service delivery.
First, this report briefly describes the organizations partnering to implement the HPOG II version of CareerAdvance®. It then examines changes made to the program components, including changes made in preparation for the final year of HPOG II funding. The report then describes the HPOG II FY 2019 (September 1, 2018–August 31, 2019) cohorts enrolled in training, as well as detailed demographic information on the participants and their families, program completion and certification attainment of all HPOG II participants (April 2016–August 31, 2019). A final section addresses CareerAdvance® sustainability planning issues, options and opportunities. This report draws from previous CareerAdvance® reports, information on the HPOG II program participants and their families, and interviews with leadership and staff with CAP, Tulsa Tech, Family and Children Services, Workforce Tulsa, and Tulsa Community WorkAdvance.
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