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Louisville Generation Work™ partners attend training focused on young adult workers

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Louisville Generation Work™ partners attend training focused on young adult workers

As announced last year, KentuckianaWorks is partnering with Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, YouthBuild Louisville, the Coalition Supporting Young Adults, and Metro United Way to implement Generation Work™. Generation Work™ is a project, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and delivered with the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, to center young adult worker voices in employer practice change. Louisville Generation Work™ partners traveled to Chicago in June of this year to join teams from the other seven Phase Two sites for some training and peer learning.

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Louisville one of eight cities awarded grant aimed at improving equity and job quality for young adults

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Louisville one of eight cities awarded grant aimed at improving equity and job quality for young adults

KentuckianaWorks is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a Generation Work™ grant through the National Fund for Workforce Solutions and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. This award is part of the second phase of Generation Work grants, which will center young adults of color to inform hiring, retention, and workforce advancement in our community.

2020 Data Review: An uneven economic recovery for the Louisville region

2020 Data Review: An uneven economic recovery for the Louisville region

The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic has reverberated throughout the world. The Louisville region’s economy has also suffered as people and businesses reacted to the public health crisis.

In this post, we review the data from throughout 2020 to see the economic impact in the local economy. The recovery since the depths of the pandemic has been uneven across sectors and unequal for different workers.