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Building Career Ladders for Low-Income People

Aspen Institute

www.aspeninstitute.org

  • Program Education
  • Program Area Success Beyond High School
  • Grant Amount $1,200,000
  • Grant Period January 1, 2008–January 31, 2009
  • Location Washington, DC, United States
  • Geographic Focus United States

About this grant

This renewal grant to the Aspen Institute will support a three-year demonstration to evaluate the most promising workforce training partnerships between community-based organizations and community colleges in a range of settings. The final research results will be synthesized in a publication that will lay out the key elements that are discovered about how such partnerships promote career advancement among low-income populations.