about bay area workforce community solutions project

A Team of 5 Workforce Development Agencies received a grant from the State of California Workforce Accelerator Fund for a Project called Workforce Community Solutions.  The project is focused on breaking down workforce system silos to increase economic equity across the 3 county region (San Francisco, Alameda & Contra Costa Counties).

The project offers opportunities for workforce, education, asset development, justice, CBOs, businesses, philanthropy/government, and our partners to identify strategies to close the racial and gender income and wealth gaps for our most vulnerable community members.  To this end, we will conduct a survey and hold a regional event to share effective models and strategies, and increase collaboration and communication across the region.

We acknowledge that community members in our Bay Area region are disproportionately harmed by policies, systems and beliefs that disadvantage based on race, gender and ability.  Poverty, incarceration, trauma, homelessness, etc. are symptoms of biased policies and practices. Due to the inequitable access to opportunities and resources, responses must be multigenerational, systemic and rooted in policies and practices that acknowledge the inequities, and promote inclusion and full participation.