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Launched in 2023, SkillsFWD awarded six inaugural grants of $1.4 million each to advance interoperable LER ecosystems that use digital records to support equitable lifelong learning and work, and address labor market demands. Each grantee will demonstrate proof-of-concept for how skills-based hiring and economic mobility can be enabled through the real world application of LERs.

SkillsFWD is a bold new initiative on a mission to catalyze a more equitable skills-based hiring ecosystem leveraging learning and employment records (LERs.)

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Navigating Colorado's Workforce Landscape: Insights from the Frontlines
Navigating Colorado's Workforce Landscape: Insights from the Frontlines

This blog features a conversation with the Colorado Workforce Development Council — a SkillsFWD grantee — and focuses on the role state and local workforce boards play within a skills-based hiring ecosystem.

How C-BEN and the Alabama Talent Triad are propelling equitable work opportunities 
How C-BEN and the Alabama Talent Triad are propelling equitable work opportunities 

Learn more about the program’s latest discoveries and strategy for expanding competency-based learning modules nationwide.

Solving challenges around learning and employment records with SkillsFWD
Solving challenges around learning and employment records with SkillsFWD

Learn how SkillsFWD grantees will drive meaningful and measurable change to ensure that every individual's unique learning journey is recognized and valued.

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