JFF identifies, develops, and promotes education and workforce strategies that expand opportunity for youth and adults who are struggling to advance in America today. In more than 200 communities across 43 states, JFF improves the pathways leading from high school to college to family-sustaining careers.Projects/Reports you might find of interest
JFF's national initiatives serve in-school students, out-of-school youth, and working adults who need multiple pathways to advance their learning and their careers. Our successes prove that dramatic change is possible when good ideas have room to grow—and when change leads to a stronger, more productive nation.
High School Through College
- Achieving the Dream
Helping community college students earn valued credentials and using data to track and ensure student success... read more - Building the Knowledge Base for Student-Centered Learning
JFF has commissioned nine papers from noted researchers to build the knowledge base for student-centered learning... read more - Early College High School Initiative
Blending high school and college in a rigorous yet supportive program, compressing the time it takes to complete both a high school diploma and a college degree... read more - Early College High School Week
The third annual nationwide celebration of early college high schools' contribution to preparing thousands of underrepresented youth for college... read more - University Park Campus School Institute for Student Success
A training program to help schools prepare all students for college-level work, regardless of their incoming skill level... read more
New Pathways to Postsecondary
- Back on Track
JFF and our partners reengage youth who are off track to graduation or out of school and put them on a path to postsecondary success...... read more - GED to College
Growing a new pathway that provides students who have dropped out with the tools and drive to succeed in postsecondary education... read more - Increasing Postsecondary Success of Low-Income Young Adults
Co-developing on ramps to postsecondary success for low-income 18-26 year olds, many of whom are out of school and shut out of jobs... read more - Year to Career
Building a new, high-quality pathway that improves postsecondary outcomes for older youth, ages 18-26... read more
Building Economic Opportunity
- Accelerating Opportunity
Changing the way ABE is delivered in 11 states, and ensuring that those states’ policies help students complete credentials of value in the labor market.... read more - Breaking Through
A multiyear demonstration project to promote and enhance the efforts of community colleges to help low-literacy adults succeed... read more - Connecting Literacy and Work
Advancing low-skilled adults in their careers through tighter linkages between adult literacy and workforce initiatives... read more - Credentials that Work
Utilizing innovations in the collection and use of real-time labor market information to better align investments in education and training... read more - Jobs to Careers
Advancing and rewarding the skill and career development of low-wage, incumbent health care workers... read more - National Fund for Workforce Solutions
A $30 million effort to strengthen and expand community and regionwide workforce development programs... read more - Pathways Out of Poverty
Pathways Out of Poverty, a two-year, $8 million project, is ramping up pathways into green industries for unemployed and disadvantaged individuals... read more - Regional Growth and Opportunity Initiative
JFF, the Council on Competitiveness, and FutureWorks are collaborating to examine what’s working in regional growth efforts...... read more - The Greenforce Initiative™
JFF and the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) have joined forces on a two-year project to spur "green job" innovation at community colleges... read more