Our Team

Our Partners4Progress team is dedicated to improving the outcomes of Americans seeking to enter, re-enter or advance in the workforce. Our coaches, trainers, and program support strategists have a minimum of 20 years of experience in workforce development and specialization in providing services and interventions for underserved populations. Many have also worked extensively with workforce boards across the country. We believe the American workforce and economy are stronger when we are inclusive, and all Americans are able to participate. Our team members have provided expert training, technical assistance and program support to the following projects:

Partners in Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development (PROWD), an historic, high-level White House initiative that provides joint funding by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to serve currently incarcerated individuals and continue services post-release from BOP to ensure successful reentry.
U.S. Department of Labor’s Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) grants to develop strategies and partnerships that facilitate the implementation of successful programs at the state and local levels that improve the workforce outcomes for adults and young adults impacted by the Justice system.
Public/Private Venture’s Ready4Work (R4W) research demonstration. R4W was the first joint national demonstration initiative of the Departments of Labor (DOL) and Justice (DOJ). These Federal Agencies partnered with the Annie E. Casey and Ford Foundations with the goal of reducing crime and recidivism among formerly incarcerated adults and juveniles returning to communities across the country.
U.S. Department of Labor, Job Corps Scholars grantees to implement successful workforce training programs in post-secondary institutions.

U. S. Department of Labor, Strengthening Community Colleges (SCC) grantees to develop strategies to partner with employers, employer associations, and workforce systems to provide the skilled workforce needed for their local or regional economies.
U. S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Second Chance Act, and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Provided insights to TTA content and strategies by directly impacted individuals and assistance in the development of content and facilitation of national focus groups of directly impacted individuals.
Temple’s Lenfest Center for Community Workforce Partnership and Temple’s School of Urban Bioethics SAMSHA grant award for the North Philadelphia Community, to remove barriers and provide trauma-sensitive education for people based on an understanding of historically disadvantaged urban communities.
Family & Youth Services Bureau, Administration for Children & Families/HHS designed to improve the lives of youth and young adults.
Recovery Advocacy Project (RAP), RAP working to build a visible and effective constituency in demand of community and public policy-based solutions in response to America’s addiction crisis.