ERIC Number: ED672376
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Adult Education and the Workforce Development System: Partnering to Improve Services. Spotlight. Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans
Jessie Stadd; Jamie Harris; Blaire Willson Toso
RTI International
This spotlight discusses the critical role of immigrants in the U.S. labor market and the importance of services that support their economic integration. Immigrants represent a significant and growing portion of the U.S. workforce and are essential for addressing labor market needs, especially in multilingual and diverse roles. The workforce system offers programming that serves immigrants and multilingual learners, helping them to gain critical skills, enter the workforce, and obtain good jobs that provide sustainable pay and career opportunities. AEFLA-funded programs aim to integrate immigrants into the workforce by offering various services, such as English language acquisition, workplace literacy, navigation and advising services, and career pathways approaches, including Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) and Integrated Education and Training (IET). The spotlight highlights the importance of partnerships within the workforce development system, including collaborations between adult education providers, workforce boards, training providers, and employers to enable co-development of programs, co-enrollment in workforce training and education, and co-funding strategies to support comprehensive services for adult learners.
Descriptors: Immigrants, Labor Market, Adult Education, Partnerships in Education, Labor Force Development, Employers, Educational Finance, Adult Students, English (Second Language), Education Work Relationship, Adult Literacy, Multilingualism, Refugees, Access to Education
RTI International. P.O. Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Tel: 919-541-6000; e-mail: publications@rti.org; Web site: https://www.rti.org
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
Authoring Institution: RTI International
Identifiers - Location: New Mexico; Massachusetts; Pennsylvania; Kentucky
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 2014; Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 2014 Title II
Grant or Contract Numbers: GS00F354CA; 91990021F0348
Department of Education Funded: Yes
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