ECO NOMI C S ECU R I T Y & O P P O RT U N I T I E S
ECO N O M I C S EC U R I TY & O PPO RT UNIT IE S
WE INVITED REQUESTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT:
• Provide career counseling and other services to attain employment • Re-engage disconnected youth in paths for jobs • Provide job training programs to low-wage earners to advance their skills • Provide financial literacy training and improve their ability to save for and invest in future economic success including asset building • Provide opportunities to explore career paths, attain internships or apprenticeships, and enter a career with skills to succeed, lead and contribute to economy.
Through direct service, policy advocacy and/or collaboration efforts, priority strategies will address • Support job creation and workforce development, particularly in mid-to-high level paid jobs through efforts that build entrepreneurial skills and activities and expand high growth and high wage industries and career pathways in Santa Fe and northern New Mexico; • Support capacity building for long-term collaborations among organizations and programs working together to improve targeted outcomes in career pathways and workforce development with common agenda, aligned strategies, and collective actions; and/or • Support public policy, civic engagement, community organizing or public information to improve economic opportunity.
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