Posts by Don Spangler

Quick Take. Born in San Diego, Jaime Jimenez moved with his parents to Tijuana at age 4. As he approached his senior year, Jaime concluded that he would never achieve his dreams if he stayed at his high school in Tijuana. Jaime managed to gain acceptance to a San Diego charter high school and, after…

A new report by the National Fund for Workforce Solutions documents effective strategies identified over the past three years to engage and retain unemployed and unenrolled 18-25-year-olds in sector-based preparation and placement programs. The report, Connecting Young Adults to Skills and Jobs, summarizes lessons learned through the Young Adult Sectoral Initiative (YA Initiative), which included…