Latest Posts in Workforce Development
How can communities reduce gun violence while creating pathways to long-term stability? Learn how Philadelphia's Pushing Progress Philly (P3) initiative combines workforce development, behavioral health, and community partnerships to build trust, increase opportunity, and create lasting change.
Explore how EDSI’s Innovative Learning Solutions (ILS) team uses a responsible, human-centered approach to AI in learning design. This blog outlines the TWINS framework for matching the right AI tools to the right tasks across the ADDIE model, ensuring efficiency without sacrificing quality. Learn how EDSI prioritizes transparency, accessibility, and data protection while delivering impactful, customer-focused training solutions. Discover how AI enhances - rather than replaces - expert instructional design.
Discover how Registered Apprenticeship is helping organizations solve talent shortages, build sustainable workforce pipelines, and prepare for the future. Learn how EDSI supports employers every step of the way—from strategy to success.
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires that each state must establish the minimum criteria for certification of One-Stop centers and the One-Stop delivery system. The certification criteria allows the State to set standards for customer-focused, seamless services from a network of partners that help individuals overcome barriers to becoming and staying employed. Certification is required to be done by local boards at least once every three years in order for One-Stop centers and the One-Stop delivery system to receive infrastructure funding.
Multi-Generational programs (also called the 2Gen approach) address the needs of both children and parents, with the ultimate goal of creating self-sustaining opportunities and better outcomes for the whole family unit. Multi-Generational programs have been applauded and proven to be a holistic way to end the cycle of poverty, which is why EDSI is so committed to offering this program to as many families in as many regions as possible.
Explore how EDSI’s Pre-ETS team is improving workforce readiness nationwide by delivering high-quality, consistent career preparation for youth and supporting programs across multiple states. Read the full story on how our facilitators are helping students build skills, gain confidence, and achieve meaningful outcomes.
Helping jobseekers find work continues to be a central focus of workforce development professionals. Even though the labor market has stabilized compared to earlier years, jobseekers still face real challenges—from industry skills gaps and hiring competition to changing job search behaviors shaped by digital-first recruitment.
American Job Center (AJC) certification is more than a compliance milestone—it’s a catalyst for innovation, integration, and equity. Discover how certified AJCs, including those operated by EDSI, are transforming into hubs of collaboration that connect jobseekers, employers, and communities. With real success stories and proven outcomes, certification is fueling workforce resilience and reshaping the future of work.
Career readiness has been a common topic in the workforce development and educational arenas for many years, and now more than ever, bridging the gap between education and workforce preparation is crucial. In this blog, we highlight a curriculum development project with Abington Junior High School. After receiving a state grant, Abington wanted to develop a school-wide curriculum based on educating students on career pathways and employability skills to give them all the foundational skills they would need to be successful in their post-secondary or post-college careers.