More information about the workforce and related issues.

To read more about the workforce and related issues that threaten Philadelphia’s future, and how other agencies are working to address and improve the skills and qualifications of the region’s workforce, we encourage you to read more from the links below.

Local Resources

City of Philadelphia
» www.phila.gov

Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
» www.gpcc.com

African American Chamber of Commerce
» www.aachamber.org

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
» www.philahispanicchamber.org

Pennsylvania Economy League (PEL)
» www.peleast.org

Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN)
» www.pyninc.org

Innovations Philadelphia
» www.ipphila.com

Urban Industry Partnership
» www.uip.org

State Resources

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
» www.state.pa.us

Center for Workforce Information and Analysis
» www.paworkstats.state.pa.us

Pennsylvania Economy League
» www.peleast.org

WEDnetPA
» www.wednetpa.com

Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
» www.dli.state.pa.us

Pennsylvania Workforce Development
» www.paworkforce.state.pa.us/paworkforce/site/default.asp

National Resources

U S Census Bureau
» www.census.gov

U S Department of Labor
» www.dol.gov

U.S. Department of Labor Employment Training and Administration
» www.doleta.gov/usworkforce

U.S. Department of Education
» www.ed.gov/index.ihtml

U.S. Conference of Mayors Workforce Development Council
» usmayors.org/uscm/uscm_projects_services/employment_training/council.html

The Workforce Alliance
» www.workforcealliance.org

National Association of Workforce Boards
» www.nawb.org

National Center on Education and the Economy
» www.ncee.org

Youth Resources

American Youth Policy Forum
» www.aypf.org

National Youth Employment Coalition
» www.nyec.org

Philadelphia Youth Network
» www.pyninc.org/index.html

Reentry Resources
» www.reentrypolicy.org/reentry
» www.urban.org/projects/reentry-roundtable/index.cfm

Think Tanks and Policy Centers

Public Private Ventures
» www.ppv.org

Urban Institute
» www.urban.org