Employer Engagement Strategies in Regional Partnerships

This issue brief is part of a study funded by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Chief Evaluation Office that explores the implementation and impact of the America’s Promise Job Driven Training grants, which 23 organizations received in 2016. These four-year grants, funded by DOL’s Employment and Training Administration, support creating and expanding regional partnerships—that include workforce development agencies, institutions of higher education, economic development agencies, employers, and community-based organizations and are—aimed at preparing workers for careers in middle- to high-skilled industries and occupations (DOL 2016b).