Evaluating the Effectiveness of Workforce Development Programs

Experiences from the Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative, 2004-2009

Please join us on Wednesday, February 2nd for a discussion on evaluating the effectiveness of workforce development programs. We will present the findings from the recently released evaluation of the Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative's (BAWFC) first five years of grantmaking, conducted by BTW Informing Change, and discuss the challenges of measuring outcomes for employment training programs.

We will also hear from BAWFC grantee Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) about its experience participating in the Benchmarking Project, a national initiative led by Public/Private Ventures to identify meaningful outcome benchmarks for the workforce development field, so that practitioners, funders, and policymakers can be better informed about what constitutes "good" performance.

The conversation will touch on the role of funders, workforce development providers, WIBs, community colleges, and public agencies in developing and implementing measurement systems designed to foster accountability and promote learning to strengthen the region’s workforce system.

When:
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 pm
Breakfast provided

Where:
The San Francisco Foundation
225 Bush Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco
Directions

RSVP:
By January 28th to Shanthi Gonzales at sgonzales@sff.org or 415.733.8540