Chapin Hall's Child and Family Policy Forum

Join us at our upcoming Child & Family Policy Forum in Chicago. This event is free.
Registration ends one day in advance .
Using Data to Drive Innovation and Improve Services: Workforce Development in Chicago
During the recent recession, cities and towns across the United States experienced high levels of unemployment. Now, they are striving to ensure their workforce development system is meeting the needs of struggling individuals seeking employment. Policymakers and practitioners have difficulty… Show more obtaining reliable data and information about how to improve workforce programs and services. Timely and accurate data can help policymakers and practitioners understand which workforce development programs are successful and help them better direct resources within the system.
This forum will provide an overview of the current workforce development landscape, describe some of the national and local workforce policies aimed at providing services to job seekers, and present recent research on the factors that influence success among community-based workforce programs. Please join us on Thursday, March 8 for a panel discussion on the ways better data can help improve services and how exemplary workforce programs in Chicago use data to pursue innovative efforts to provide training and place people into employment.
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