- Program Education
- Program Area Expanding Economic Opportunity
- Grant Amount $500,000
- Grant Period April 1, 2004–March 31, 2005
- Location Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Geographic Focus United States
About this grant
The goal of Working Ventures, a project of Public/Private Ventures, is to improve the workforce development field by strengthening the capacity of organizations to implement effective strategies. The project pursues its mission through three related activities: providing practitioners with the knowledge and tools for effective practice; offering practitioners opportunities to learn from each other; and making small grants to encourage innovation in key areas.Funding will support objectives that include building the professional skills of workforce development practitioners; increasing membership; publishing and distributing two reports on organizational effectiveness; continuing the Learning Lab grant process; and working in partnership with state workforce coalitions.Accomplishments during the past year included conducting 22 workshops; helping establish New York City’s Workforce Professionals Training Institute; publishing two reports; awarding four grants for data collection and improved evaluation and assessment systems; and selecting four members for the Employer Engagement Learning Lab.