Community Research Partners is surveying the Ohio Workforce Coalition to identify examples of successful workforce intermediaries in Ohio. A 2005 Annie E. Casey study summarizes the typical attributes of workforce intermediaries. They:
• Pursue a “dual customer” approach.
• Organize multiple partners and funding streams toward common goals.
• Provide and/or broker labor market services to individuals and employers that include, but go beyond, job matching.
• Project a vision that motivates and guides its partnerships and activities.
This work can be done out of any entity–a community based organization, a workforce investment board, a college etc. Please comment with examples of successful intermediaries in Ohio or email Rebecca Kusner.
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