employment

A good job can lead to self-sufficiency and the start of a better life. We work with our partner agencies to help people secure living-wage employment through job and life skills training, English as a Second Language and adult basic education. Current efforts include:

• The Road to Opportunity , United Way's Sustainable Employment Best Practices Guide
• Capacity Building Initiative
• SkillWorks — Partners for a Productive Workforce
• Massachusetts Workforce Alliance: Working to Succeed
• Research & Evaluation Projects
• Survey Results: Financial Education for Low and Moderate Income Populations

United Way's Sustainable Employment Impact Council

Our Impact Councils develop and monitor strategic plans, establish benchmarks of success and evaluate results. We will continue to expand our Council membership to include a cross-section of perspectives, ethnicities and disciplines. Current Sustainable Employment Council members include:

• John R. Schneider, Council Chair
  Executive Vice President
  The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC)
• David S. Ford, Executive Director
  Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation
• James S. Hoyte, Associate Vice President
  Harvard University
• David Kramer, Consultant
  Financial Services
• Gretchen Manning, Dean, BHCC Foundation and Chief Policy Advisor to the President
  Bunker Hill Community College
• David Rosen, Consultant, Education & Evaluation
  Newsome Associates
• Gina M. Spaziani, Budget Director
  Office of the President, Middlesex Community College
• Neil Sullivan, Executive Director
  Boston Private Industry Council