Washington, D.C. – America Forward is honored to announce an exciting new grant from Ascendium Education Group to support a new initiative, Blazing a Trail for Evidence-Based Economic Mobility Strategies. Over the next two years, America Forward will partner with a cohort of leading high-impact sectoral training providers to shift public investment toward evidence-based programs while building providers’ capacity to navigate and participate in public funding systems. Through high-quality technical assistance, rigorous research, policymaker education, and broader field-building efforts, we aim to drive lasting systems change that supports continued learning and improvement among sectoral training providers and across the workforce development field. America Forward is grateful to Ascendium for their investment in this important effort and is excited to launch this timely work.
For more information, please email leadership@americaforward.org.
About America Forward
America Forward is a national nonpartisan policy and advocacy organization that unites our nation’s leading social entrepreneurs with policymakers to advance a public policy agenda that fosters innovation, rewards results, and catalyzes cross-sector partnerships to expand opportunity for all. America Forward leads the America Forward Coalition, a network of 100+ of the nation’s most impactful and innovative non-governmental organizations that develop and advocate for more effective public policies to advance opportunity and move all of America forward. Since its founding more than 15 years ago, America Forward has emphasized the importance of evidence-based approaches and continued evidence-building across policy domains, including education and workforce development.
About Ascendium Education Group
Ascendium Education Group® is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization driven by the belief that learning after high school gives people the power to build better futures. Our national philanthropy focuses on increasing opportunities for learners from low-income backgrounds to achieve upward mobility through postsecondary education and workforce training. We partner with organizations whose objectives align with our core strategies to expand opportunity, support learner success, and connect and align systems. Our grantees include postsecondary education and workforce training providers, intermediaries, researchers, and media organizations from across the U.S. To learn more, visit ascendiumphilanthropy.org.
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