City governments face significant workforce challenges that threaten their ability to provide services to their residents and limit overall economic growth in communities. NLC is partnering with the American Institutes for Research to launch the Growing and Retaining Our Workforce (GROW) Learning Lab.
GROW is designed to:
- Support city governments to overcome long-standing workforce challenges and transform their approaches to talent development.
- Help cities recruit, train, and retain a skilled workforce and create talent pipelines for critical local government jobs.
- Engage city leaders, along with education, workforce, and community partners, to identify and adopt new policies, practices, and programs to meet their workforce needs.
- Build on-ramps to high-quality local government jobs that provide stability, good benefits, positive workplace experiences, and opportunities for advancement.
About our Partner: AIR
NLC is partnering with the American Institutes for Research to launch the GROW Learning Lab. The American Institutes for Research® (AIR®) is a not-for-profit organization that conducts research and delivers technical assistance to solve the most urgent challenges related to workforce, education, and health. AIR’s Employment & Economic Opportunity Program Area works with public, private, and philanthropic organizations to advance worker economic mobility, business vitality, and community well-being. Our expert technical assistance providers, evaluators, and researchers provide customized solutions rooted in evidence-based practices to national, state, and local partners.
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