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Coalition Led by America Achieves Releases Letter Calling on Congress to Pass the Bipartisan Supported Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Reauthorization This Session

Today, America Achieves and 17 other workforce-related nonprofits and local, business-led regional impact groups involving small and medium sized businesses released a joint letter calling on Congress to urgently pass the bipartisan, bicameral substitute to the House passed H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act. This bill is otherwise known as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Reauthorization.

December 4, 2024
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America Achieves Launches ‘Good Jobs Economy’ Initiative

Initiative Will Build on Recent Tech Hubs Successes – and Help Local Communities Integrate and Advance Economic Growth with Economic Mobility to Create Good Jobs and Ensure Fair Access to Good Jobs Nationwide.

July 29, 2024
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America Achieves Congratulates Local Coalitions Forming Regional Tech Hubs and Building Good Jobs Economies

Out of hundreds of applicants to the bipartisan Tech Hubs program, 12 Tech Hubs to receive implementation grants totaling $504 million America Achieves calls for additional appropriations, already authorized by Congress with bipartisan support, to meet local demand for Tech Hubs nationwide

July 2, 2024
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America Achieves, What Works Plus Collaborative, and The Families and Workers Fund announce more than $70 million in aligned philanthropic commitments to advance the goals of the White House Talent Pipeline Challenge

Investments will help ensure a diverse, qualified talent pool for quality infrastructure jobs impacting tens of thousands of underrepresented workers

November 2, 2022
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National Nonprofit Incubated at America Achieves Awards Over $10 Million to Partners Working in 28 States to Develop and Scale High-Impact Tutoring Models to Boost Academic Achievement for Students

Accelerate, a new nonprofit organization that seeks to embed high-impact tutoring programs in public schools, today announced it has selected 31 education and research partners to receive over $10 million in grant funding to develop and scale sustainable, cost-effective models for high-impact tutoring that boost academic achievement for students. In addition to supporting innovative programs, the grants target research focused on specific barriers that have previously stood in the way of making high-impact tutoring affordable, accessible, and sustainable. Grantees are working in 28 states across the country.

October 27, 2022
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