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Workforce and Financial Stability Legislative Debrief
Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM

Please join the Workforce Funders Affinity Group to hear outcomes from this year’s legislative session. Our speakers will share information about passed legislation and efforts that did not quite make it this year. They will also provide information outcomes of specific bills in the 2022 Maryland Legislative Session in the issue areas of workforce development and quality jobs, the public safety net, financial education, asset building, and consumer protections.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Funding Area: 
Advocacy
Employment/Workforce development
Recovery and Essential Workers: A Look into the Early Childhood Workforce
Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM

Early childhood professionals play an essential role in communities, helping young children to develop, supporting working families, and enabling business operations.  While affordable and high-quality childcare is critical, the early childcare sector is underfunded and dysfunctional. COVID-19 has exacerbated longstanding issues, exacting a devastating impact on childcare centers and the professionals that staff them. In this program, we will hear more about the issues impacting the early childhood workforce at the individual, employer, and systems levels. We will explore the role of employer collaboration with funders and other stakeholders to advance necessary changes in business practices and public policies to support these essential workers.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Prenatal to Five Affinity Group
Workforce Development Funders
Funding Area: 
Social Sector
Education: Early childhood
Employment/Workforce development
Workforce Community Conversation: Dialogue Between Grantees and Funders
Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 03:00 to 05:00 PM

This Workforce Community Conversation will create a space of honest conversation between funders and workforce development organizations to advance a shared sense of mutual understanding, accountability, and possibility.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Funding Area: 
Employment/Workforce development
Workforce and Financial Stability Legislative Debrief
Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Please join the Workforce Funders Affinity Group to hear outcomes from this year’s legislative session. Our speakers will share information about passed legislation and efforts that did not quite make it this year. They will also provide information outcomes of specific bills in the 2021 Maryland Legislative Session in the issue areas of workforce development and quality jobs, the public safety net, financial education, asset building, and consumer protections.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Funding Area: 
Advocacy
Employment/Workforce development
Workforce and Financial Stability Legislative Debrief
Wednesday, June 07, 2023 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Workforce Affinity Group to hear outcomes from the 2023 Maryland state legislative session. This will include a discussion around specific bills related to Maryland’s workforce and quality jobs, the public safety net, financial education, asset building, and consumer protections. Our speakers will share information and insights about bills that passed as well as those that did not quite make it this year.  We will be joined by representatives from the CASH Campaign of Maryland, Public Justice Center, Economic Action Maryland, and the Job Opportunities Task Force.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Finance Staff
Policy Staff
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Finance & Asset Management
Public Policy
Funding Area: 
Employment/Workforce development
Views on Workplace Quality - What Makes a Job “Good?”
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative for a discussion exploring ways to expand the conversation about the jobs side of the workforce development equation, discussing tools for hearing perspectives on the real efficacy of an employment program, and using data to assess job quality. Guests will include JVS Boston and Civic Works. 

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Evaluation
Funding Area: 
Employment/Workforce development
Workforce Funders: Accelerating Credit and Credentials for Adult Learners in Maryland
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

By 2018, two-thirds of jobs in the American economy will require a post-secondary credential. Estimates note that over half of all Marylanders in their prime working years – 1.3 million adults between ages of 25 and 54 – lack a college degree.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Members Only
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Funding Area: 
Employment/Workforce development