About SkillWorks
SkillWorks is a multiyear initiative to improve workforce development in Boston and in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. SkillWorks brings together philanthropy, government, community organizations and employers to address the twin goals of helping low income individuals attain family supporting jobs and businesses find skilled workers. Phase I (2003-2008) invested $15 million to help more than 3,000 workers receive skills training with hundreds entering the workforce or receiving raises and promotions.
Phase II (2009-2013) continues this important work with an added emphasis on better connecting Massachusetts’s community colleges and other post-secondary institutions to and the workforce development system. SkillWorks plans to raise $10 million for Phase II for investments in Workforce Partnerships, Public Policy Advocacy and Capacity Building.
SkillWorks has become a model for cities across the country and for the National Fund for Workforce Solutions.
Download a one-page fact sheet about SkillWorks.
What’s New at SkillWorks
Governor Patrick's State of the State address focuses on middle-skill jobs. The Governor proposed sweeping changes to the community college system , focusing on how colleges can help address the state's middle-skill gap, which the Skills2Compete MA has highlighted for the past 18 months. Read more.
Thanks to everyone who testified or submitted written testimony on behalf of the Middle Skills Solutions Act (SB921/ HB2713) at our recent hearing before the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development . We had a great turnout, with committee members in attendance expressing their full support for the bill. Read more about the hearing and stay in touch with our efforts to pass the bill!
Join the Skills2Compete-Massachusetts campaign to ensure
that every Massachusetts resident has access to the equivalent of at least two years of education or training past high school and the support they need to complete such training.
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