Workforce Development
We apply system expertise and human-centered principles to meet evolving needs of our workers, job seekers, and employers.
Collaborative solutions, comprehensive support
Afton supports local and state workforce development ecosystems to fulfill the needs of workers, job-seekers, and employers. Our work enables alignment and integration, equitable policy and program design, and improved service delivery. We find solutions within the many contributors to workforce development, including jobseekers and workers themselves, community-based providers, education institutions, public and private funders, policymakers, intermediaries, advocates, public administrators, and state and local governments.
Examples of services and solutions we provide:
We help dismantle systemic barriers to education and training, increase the effectiveness of the public workforce system, and address issues of job quality to ensure all workers can thrive. Services include:
- Project and Meeting Management
- Group Facilitation & Consensus Building
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Human-Centered Design
- Workforce Strategy & Program (Re)Design
- Program Scaling & Replication
- Comparative & Best Practice Research