Federal Policy Unlocks for a Skills-First Economy
In this paper, JFF offers a comprehensive set of federal policy recommendations that are highly actionable, practical, and bipartisan—focusing on solutions that can be implemented to build a more dynamic and human-centered economy.
Recommendations for a Fully Funded and Transformed Workforce Development System
In this brief, Jobs for the Future (JFF) presents our policy recommendations for overhauling the U.S. workforce development and postsecondary education systems—and putting millions more people on pathways to quality jobs.
No Dead Ends Policy Road Map for Ensuring Boundless Opportunities
JFF’s No Dead Ends policy agenda recommends bold, concrete actions that state and federal policymakers can take today to lay the foundation for a reimagined learn-and-work system with no dead ends to economic advancement.
JFF’s Federal Policy Blueprint for the Trump Administration
In a new memo to President-Elect Donald Trump, Vice President-Elect JD Vance, and their transition team, JFF breaks down our federal education and workforce policy recommendations for the incoming Trump Administration and presents a unifying, practical, bipartisan plan to eliminate the dead ends that millions of people in this country face every day at school, at work, and in their lives.
Six Critical Actions for a New Congress in a New Year
JFF urges the 119th Congress to prioritize six key policy actions in 2025 to ensure that U.S. workers and learners face ‘no dead ends’ on the road to economic advancement.
