National Fund for Workforce Solutions/Jobs for the Future - NFWS Community College Affinity Group

The American Association of Community Colleges Center for Workforce and Economic Development (the Center) hosted calls of the Community College Affinity Group during 2010 for Jobs for the Future (JFF). These calls brought together the National Fund for Workforce Solutions (NFWS) and Jobs to Careers Sites, providing resources, content knowledge and potential federal and foundation funding opportunities.

Participants

Participants ranged from local foundations and industry partners to the community agencies and intermediaries from each site. The calls provided a forum for participants to connect with others doing similar workforce and economic development work across the country.

Topics

The following list captures the call topics and speakers by month

2010	Topic	Speaker(s)
March	Community-Based Job Training Grants	Jen Worth, AACC
April	Policy and Advocacy	Jim Hermes, AACC
May	Green Job Training and Pathways	Todd Cohen, AACC; Leticia Barajas; LATTC; Julie Brown, Institute for Advanced Learning and Research
June	Employer Engagement and Job Placement	Laura Weidner, Anne Arundel Community College; Debbie Logan, Mississippi Office of Nursing Workforce
July	Nursing and Allied Health Career Ladders and Lattices	Anne Loochtan, Mercy College of Northwest Ohio and National Network of Health Career Programs in Two-Year Colleges; Virginia Thompson, US EPA Region 3
August	Rapid Credentials (Remediation and Accelerated Programs)	Deborah Boisvert, Boston Area Advanced Technological Education Connections; Elaine DeLott Baker, Community College of Denver; Cindy Fiorella, Owensboro Community and Technical College
September	NFWS Partnership Development	Randy Wilson, Jobs for the Future; Geri Scott, Jobs for the Future
October	Fast-Tracking Remediation at Community Colleges	Christine Kelly Kleese,Durham Technical Community College
November	Funding Alignment for NFWS Sites to Sustain Programmatic Efforts	No speaker; facilitated discussion with NFWS sites
December	Partnership Development Between Workforce Investment Boards and Community Colleges	Karen Elzey, Skills for America's Future; Tim Aldinger, National Association of Workforce Boards

Contact

Jen Worth
Program Manager, Center for Workforce and Economic Development
Ph: 202.728.0200 x276
jworth@aacc.nche.edu