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August 31, 2010
Depth of Field
by Ravi Mangat
NNSP is pleased to announce the release of Sector Snapshot: A Profile of Sector Initiatives, 2010. This report is the latest in a ten-year series profiling the sector field nationwide.
Overall, the 2010 Sector Snapshot reveals that sector initiatives have become more important as a means of providing workforce development, adult literacy, post-secondary education, and economic development services. They have expanded into new industry sectors, grown in number throughout the country, involved employers in a more integrated way, broadened the types of organizations involved, and more specifically targeted the needs of low income and other disadvantaged individuals.
The full report and executive summary are now available for download.
In 2000, NNSP conducted the first nationwide survey of the then-emerging field of sector initiatives. The resulting report described a cross-section of the field, identifying industries targeted by sector initiatives, how they were funded, and what strategies they used. NNSP produced subsequent Sector Snapshot reports, documenting growth and change in the sector field, in 2003 and 2007.
The 2010 Snapshot, which summarizes results from 196 different organizations, addresses in greater depth the characteristics of sector partnerships and the organizations involved in them, how sector initiatives have been affected by and responded to the recent economic crisis, and their funding outlook, evaluation methods, and relationship to policy and systems change. With the economy continuing to struggle, this information provides timely support for local and federal policy efforts, such as the SECTORS Act, recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and pending before the Senate.
Sharing this research about the value and impact of the sector field will be an important strategy to help support the field’s continued growth. Please share the report with your networks (employers, policy makers, etc) and your colleagues. To support this aim we’re providing some draft messages below that may be helpful. Please feel free to tailor them as you see fit.
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