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Strengthening Baltimore's Workforce: Reflections and Lessons Learned

For over a decade, members of the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative (BWFC) have supported a growing number of industry focused workforce development initiatives, and the outcomes are notable. Through these efforts, previously unemployed residents are getting industry recognized certifications and jobs with career advancement opportunities at impressive rates. This report highlights several of these initiatives and offers recommendations on how they can be expanded.

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Resource type: 
Report
Topic: 
Baltimore Integration Partnership
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative Key Partner In New Baltimore Workforce Hub
Release Date: 
11/13/2023

On November 13th, Danista E. Hunte, President and CEO of Maryland Philanthropy Network, Linda Dworak, Director of the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative (BWFC), and members of the BWFC attended the annoucement of the new Baltimore Workforce Hub at Carver Vocational High School in Baltimore. MPN’s BWFC will collaborate with the Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Employment Development, Baltimore City Schools, and the Baltimore DC Building Trades Council to coordinate the project.

Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative Monthly Luncheon - January
Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative (BWFC) meets each month. The Collaborative is a group of private and public funders committed to advancing equity, job quality and systems change efforts that lead to family-sustaining wages, strengthened communities and a vibrant local economy. BWFC members actively fund workforce development, are willing to co-invest, are committed to tracking outcomes and sharing investment data, and work together to improve workforce systems.

Event type: 
Committee Meeting
Audience: 
Members Only
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Funding Area: 
Employment/Workforce development
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative Monthly Luncheon - Febuary
Thursday, February 08, 2024 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative (BWFC) meets each month. The Collaborative is a group of private and public funders committed to advancing equity, job quality and systems change efforts that lead to family-sustaining wages, strengthened communities and a vibrant local economy. BWFC members actively fund workforce development, are willing to co-invest, are committed to tracking outcomes and sharing investment data, and work together to improve workforce systems.

Event type: 
Committee Meeting
Audience: 
Members Only
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Funding Area: 
Employment/Workforce development
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative Monthly Luncheon - April
Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative (BWFC) meets each month. The Collaborative is a group of private and public funders committed to advancing equity, job quality and systems change efforts that lead to family-sustaining wages, strengthened communities and a vibrant local economy. BWFC members actively fund workforce development, are willing to co-invest, are committed to tracking outcomes and sharing investment data, and work together to improve workforce systems.

Event type: 
Committee Meeting
Audience: 
Members Only
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Funding Area: 
Employment/Workforce development

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