PROJECTS

Client - Multiple

Program design, proposal development, contract management, data tracking and reporting, financial management, and audit support to help companies secure State of California Employment Training Panel contracts. In 2022, we secured over $1.3M for our client from the State of California.

Client - San Diego Workforce Partnership

Project management, research, and facilitation services to develop a regional vision to attract and retain behavioral health workers in San Diego County. Project included facilitating an executive level steering committee, developing estimates for the regional workforce shortage, focus groups and survey work with over 1,600 workers, and designing solutions with education, nonprofit, philanthropy, and healthcare leaders. See the Full Report and the Executive Summary.

Client - Results for America

Working alongside the Results for America team to design and deliver a three-year fellowship and learning community for 20 local and state government leaders working to improve job quality in their local communities. Projects are focused on internal HR practices, procurement, evidenced-based policy, and program design.

Client - Multiple

In partnership with the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the Colorado Workforce Development Council, Trailhead Strategies supports teams in Colorado and from across the US through a structured design process to develop and execute talent development projects that involve talent finance innovations. The curriculum includes key concepts in design thinking, value stream mapping, basic finance, and examples and case studies from across the country.

Client - Results for America

Developing RFA’s job quality framework, writing content, getting user feedback, and designing an online tool to help government workforce and economic development agencies begin or advance job quality initiatives in their communities.

Client - US Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Facilitated meetings with subject matter experts and wrote curriculum to help employers and Talent Pipeline Management practitioners design better jobs, address talent pain points, and provide better economic opportunities for workers in their communities.

Client - The James Irvine Foundation

Researched and developed a roadmap for public and private funders to improve job quality and racial and gender equity for frontline non-profit workers in California. Solutions include procurement policy and practice change, grant-making priorities, and targets for strategic partnerships with other organizations across California.

Client - REDF

Working alongside REDF staff and partners to design services, deliver training, manage projects, and raise funds to help social enterprises design, finance, measure, and manage programs that help their clients secure quality jobs that pay living wages, offer benefits, and provide advancement opportunities.