Building New Labor Market Institutions: State Policies that Support Workforce Intermediaries
| Author: |
Heath Prince and Jerry Rubin |
| Year Published: |
2006 |
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States and communities are turning to new labor market institutions known as workforce intermediaries in response to a dual challenge: the need to aid low-skilled workers seeking advancement opportunities and the need to aid employers seeking employees who can help them compete in today's economy. However, workforce intermediaries have grown largely on the local level and independently of major national programs or funding streams, responding to the absence in local labor markets of institutions that can adequately serve low-skilled workers and their employers. The time is right for deeper consideration of why states support workforce intermediaries, how they provide that support through policy and programs, and how other states might begin to move in similar directions.
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