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Overview
News and Events
What is a Sector Strategy
Promising Practices
Tools and Technical Assistance
Research and Resources

Promising Practices

Models, Strategies, and Case Studies Developed with Sector Projects and Partners (by topic)

Careers in Healthcare

• College Credit for Careers in Healthcare, Action Inc.
• PS Healthcare, Boston Private Industry Council
• An Eighteen-Month LPN to RN Program, Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board
• Preparing Cape & Island Residents for Careers in Healthcare Support Services, Cape and Islands Workforce Investment Board
• Supporting Retention and Advancement of Entry-Level Healthcare Employees, Jewish Vocational Service
• Boston Health Care and Research Training Institute: Single Point of Contact Process, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation

Encouraging Workers to Pursue Higher Education

• Creating a Professional Childcare Workforce, Action for Boston Community Development Inc.

ESOL/ABE (English as a Second or Other Language/ Adult Basic Education)

• Workplace Learning in ESOL, Hampden County Regional Employment Board

Internships

• Developing Standards and an Evaluation Tool for Human Services Interpreter Internship, Cambridge College Institute for Lifelong Learning and Community Building

Leadership & Supervisor Development

• Building a Leadership Strand for Front-Line Supervisors, New Managers, and Individuals Likely to Be Promoted, Berkshire County Regional Employment Board.
• Cooperation in Action: Management and Union Officials Work Together to Strengthen the Worker Base Through Skills Training and a Practicum, Umass Labor/Management Workplace Education Program

Partnerships and Collaboration Models

• Healthcare Works Promising Practice, Metro South/West Regional Employment Board
• Building Effective Working Relationships with Career Centers in Sector Initiatives, North Shore Worker Investment Board

Recruitment

• Southeast Healthcare Collaborative, Bristol Workforce Investment Board

Travel and Tourism

• At Your Service: Engaging Boston’s Lodging Industry in the Training, Employment, and Retention of Individuals Who are Homeless, Community Works Services

Vocational Training (Short Term)

• Short-Term Vocational Training and Employment Services for People in Need, Lutheran Community Services of Southern New England

Workplace Readiness

• Workplace Readiness Training: “Shop Talk” New Directions
• Operation Service! Six-Week Customer Service and Computer Training (Job Search Component), Operation ABLE

Clinical Support in a Sector Initiative

• Integrating Workforce Development and Clinical Support to Improve Outcomes for Women on Welfare, St.Mary’s Women and Children’s Center

Voices of Experience Profiles

A Day in the Life of an ECCLI Project Coordinator

Issues and Answers for New Project Coordinators

Marketing & Recruitment of Workers for Classes and Workshops