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Aug. 30, 2021
Kelsey Berkowitz authored an op-ed in The Hill about funding post-pandemic workforce development to ensure long-term economic success for all workers.
America Achieves, New America, and more than 30 other workforce-related organizations recently released a joint letter calling on Congress to include investments in workforce development as part of upcoming infrastructure and economic recovery legislation. Specifically, in the letter, the organizations called for a $100 billion investment in workforce development, as President Biden proposed earlier this year in his American Jobs Plan. The $100 billion would fund priorities like expanding registered apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeships (particularly for women and people of color), wraparound supports for dislocated workers, sector-based training programs focused on target industries, and job training for justice-involved individuals. Over 100 members of the House of Representatives have released their own Dear Colleague letter requesting at least $100 billion in new spending for workforce development be included in the upcoming reconciliation package.
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