Leading Practices

Leading Practices

• Since 2014, the California Workforce Development Board’s High Road Construction Careers project has allocated over $20 million to partnerships diversifying building and construction trade union membership, expanding pre-apprenticeships using the Multi-Core Craft Curriculum (MC3). Funded by Senate Bill 1, the Clean Energy Jobs Act, and cap-and-trade revenues, the initiative supports local partnerships across California.

• A standard called the Better Builder Certification that defines job quality standards for public construction projects. These standards were defined by workers themselves through grassroots organizing with low-income construction workers of color, many of whom spoke limited English.

• A policy that provided $1,000 bonuses to 38,000 childcare workers, expanding access to affordable childcare and reducing regulatory barriers for businesses seeking to open or expand childcare services. (Best Start for Kids) .

• A Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title youth procurement which set aside funds to serve youth with the highest rates of youth disconnection, including Black youth, based on the results of local research and public input.

• An executive order to set the stage for gathering and analyzing the necessary data to understand the current state of inequities in the community.

• A Racial and Social Justice Initiative of Seattle, Washington (toolkit) to help city programs and agencies set goals and measure progress to advance specific racial equity goals within government agencies.