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GCIR's 2012 National Convening, Global Trends, National Implications, Local Innovations, June 13-15 in Portland, Oregon, will bring together a community of grantmakers who share a commitment to helping immigrants become full and active members of our society. It will offer funders an opportunity to learn from one another’s experiences and expertise. And it will uplift a range of perspectives, strategies, and innovations from some of the field’s most inspiring leaders, thinkers, activists, and advocates.
"What really struck me was how many different kinds of funders from different parts of the country are involved in immigration…this was an opportunity for me to meet people who have more expertise, making the experience really valuable."
Open registration for GCIR members and non-members is now open. GCIR members can register at a special discounted rate! If you’re not a member, join now and receive this exclusive discount!
Designed by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees and Workfore Matters Funder's Network.
With unprecedented and unrelenting high unemployment rates, it is hard to believe that some jobs are going unfilled. Addressing the skills mismatch is essential to driving economic recovery and growth. Yet there are reasons to believe the situation might get worse. According to new research from the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, 97 million U.S. jobs require high-level skills, but only 45 million Americans are currently qualified for such positions. By 2018, 63 percent of all new jobs will require at least some postsecondary education. To meet this demand, 300,000 more Americans will need to earn a college degree or credential each year than are currently projected to do so. The workforce funding community is playing an important role in building workers’ skills and meeting industry needs while improving economic security of families. This discussion will highlight ongoing strategies and initiatives and will allow participants to ask questions about grantmaking, advocacy, partnerships, and reform approaches.
To register for this event, please visit COF's 2011 Annual Conference registration page. GCIR members qualify for the COF member rate. To receive the rate, please use our affinity group discount code, 4562, at the time of registration.
Community colleges are essential to the future of low-income young people in California to learn the skills needed to attain a higher wage job. The career pathway to middle-skill infrastructure sector jobs opens the opportunity to move beyond entry-level positions and stop the cycle of poverty. Focused on California, this report finds that "an equity-based workforce training strategy - with community colleges at the core - is crucial to preparing vulnerable Americans to compete in an increasingly competitive labor market."
This report reviews the characteristics of the immigrant workforce and analyzes the impact of unionization on the pay and benefits of immigrant workers. According to the most recent available data, immigrant workers are now over 15 percent of the workforce and almost 13 percent of unionized workers. Even after controlling for systematic differences between union and non-union workers, union representation substantially improves the pay and benefits received by immigrants.
Globalization has contributed to rising incomes in Canada, the United States, and Mexico but has not improved economic security for many vulnerable children across the three countries, according to this report. Despite rising national income, many poor families in the United States slipped deeper into poverty. The study completes a series published by Casey as a partner in the Children in North America Project, a project that highlights the well-being of children and youth in all three countries. Previous reports have explored health and safety issues and the challenges facing children in an era of globalization.
This book explores the gains and losses associated with immigration at the national, state, and local areas for the economy and also government budgets. Through its findings and estimates for the future, it seeks to create a foundation for public discussion and policy analysis and formation.
This is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. It overviews the nation's economic progress using text and extensive data appendices.
As Congress debates the fate of more than 10 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States, their impact on the U.S. low-skilled labor force is an important consideration. In 2005, immigrants overall represented more than a fifth of low-wage workers--those earning less than twice the minimum wage--and almost half of workers without a high school education.
"[F]ull economic integration of immigrants requires that they have access not only to the informal financial sector but also to the formal one, including banking, insurance, pension funds, and other institutions. Only by using such institutions will immigrants successfully expand their range as entrepreneurs, become homeowners, build credit histories, save for retirement, and insure against financial and other risks."
This compendium contains over 300 tables of data and trends in science and technology. The compendium has been published for nearly three decades, and includes a collection of education, employment, and demographic data.
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