Digital equity is a pillar of National Skills Coalition's federal policy agenda. We are excited to bring influential partners such as @Comcast to the front lines of our network's advocacy! Our partnership will span across research, communications, and state trainings. Learn more below ⬇️

.U.S. Department of Labor just announced $80 million in available funding for Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant. NSC has long advocated for investments in inclusive #skillstraining and #wkdev to drive people powered infrastructure. Read more here: nationalskillscoalition.org/people-powered…

We've got new brief! Creating an Equitable, Resilient Workforce System offer some new ideas on #WIOA to change it from an under-funded system to one that's adequately resourced to deliver high quality #skillstraining & #wkdev nationalskillscoalition.org/resource/publi…

NSC is grateful to have a strong partner like @Comcast contributing to an inclusive economy for workers and businesses through digital skills! National Skills Coalition #digitalequity

Some personal news: early next year I will be stepping down as CEO of National Skills Coalition. It has been an incredible ride! I hope you’ll take a moment to read my thoughts of gratitude and hope for this next phase of NSC’s work. linkedin.com/posts/andy-van…

Looking forward to kicking off Day2 of OnRamp Education . I learned so much from these ed-tech innovators yesterday. Today I’ll share where #skillspolicy needs to get equally innovative to meet the needs to 10s of millions of working folks. gener8tor ECMC Group ECMC Foundation

On 6/27, U.S. Commerce Dept. Sr. Counselor Zoë Baird, Lisa Gevelber, moderator @CharterWorks co-founder Kevin Delaney, and I will be taking the #AspenIdeas stage to discuss solutions for a skilled and fair workforce. Follow @AspenIdeas and join the conversation!

Proud to be here at #AspenIdeas with the @Comcast team. Today, some of us are at a session about Democratizing Wealth, led by my long-time The Aspen Institute colleague @idarademacher , with Prudential ‘s Lata Reddy , MacArthur Foundation ‘s John Palfrey and Robinhood’s Baiju Bhatt.

Only at #AspenIdeas would you get a chance to do a WorkingNation podcast with Ramona Schindelheim in a Bucky Dome! Looking forward to hearing the future playback of our discussion about #skills, policy, future workforce opps/challenges and the history of the National Skills Coalition.

TY to Aspen Ideas and Comcast for the chance to dig in with Commerce's Zoe Baird and Google's Lisa Gevelber about what it will take from both the private sector and gov't policy when 92% of today's jobs require digital skills currently out of reach for millions of US workers.

On the move in the Senate: JOBS Act (a #wkdev package that @skillscoalition has longtime advocated for) along with leg that would expand partnerships between biz and training providers, support career pathway programs, and that would modernize the national #apprenticeship act.

This morning, the Senate Appropriations committee passed the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education bill through committee. Level funding for #wkdev, small increase for #apprenticeship. Supported by members on both sides of the aisle.

"Doing the work requires intentional, innovative and multidisciplined approaches across sectors with the common goal of reducing barriers and improving outcomes" —BLU Executive Comittee member, Victoria Johnson, helped write this HDR piece Read here: hdrinc.com/insights/risin…

With support from Lumina Foundation and Gates Foundation, we’ve worked with states to define, measure, and track quality credentials; and now offer takeaways for how to advance quality assurance so that policymakers feel confident in investing in NDCs. nationalskillscoalition.org/resource/publi…