• Overview

    In 2007, Community Research Partners launched the Ohio Workforce Coalition. The Coalition brings together leaders from education and training institutions, economic and workforce development organizations, business and industry, labor, and human service providers. The Coalition promotes public policies that build the skills of adult workers, meet employer skill needs, and strengthen the workforce system to ensure opportunity and prosperity for Ohio families.
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UPDATED AGENDA!

SEPTEMBER 22-23 Ohio Workforce Coalition events Greetings OWC members and supporters: Registration is now open for the Ohio Workforce Coalition’s fall events.  Click here to view an updated agenda for the Coalition meeting. DON’T FORGET…Please read the platform, and click ENDORSE NOW. We welcome endorsements from both organizations and individuals, and have a goal of 125 endorsements [...]

FEATURED GUEST POST! Blogging to support workforce development advocacy

By: Bronwyn Mauldin Let me start with a couple of facts I think we can all agree on: 1) What we do in workforce development is important. More important today than perhaps any time in recent history. 2) Far too few people know about workforce development. 3) We’re overworked and underpaid, and don’t have the [...]

Why should you endorse the Ohio Workforce Coalition’s 2010-2012 Public Policy Platform?

Workforce development is a broad field with stakeholders spread across multiple fields, specialties, and institution types. The Ohio Workforce Coalition is the only entity in Ohio that works across the entire field to improve public policies that impact Ohio adult students, job-seekers, and employers. The platform has been developed with the input of multiple stakeholder [...]

Endorse now!

The Coalition has released our 2010-2012 Public Policy Platform! This platform is the culmination of nearly a year of work by many individuals who participated through member surveys, interviews, full Coalition meetings, and individual comments and suggestions. Special thanks to those of you involved in the process. We look forward to working with all of [...]

Fred Dedrick confirmed for Coalition’s fall meeting

Exciting news! Fred Dedrick will be delivering the keynote address at the Ohio Workforce Coalition’s Fall meeting on September 23rd. Register now! Below has been excerpted from http://www.jff.org/staff-member/fred-dedrick/1020 Mr. Dedrick is the first Executive Director of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions (NFWS), which supports local funding collaboratives investing in workforce partnerships that recruit, train, place, retain, and advance [...]

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