Experience in Lieu of Pay: Some in your agencies may believe that internships and other work experiences are all about learning and should not be compensated for ideological or practical reasons.
Workforce agencies serve as a model for the employers and the workers they support. Implementing paid experiences internally underscores the value the organization places on the workers themselves.
Potential Fall-Out: Adding a requirement for placing workers in “springboard jobs” may cause operational, political or partner fallout.
We need to follow the data and take a rigorous look at which programs are putting people on a path toward quality jobs and which ones aren’t and make hard decisions based on what we see.
Outside the Budget: Funding “springboard” backbone or intermediary work is not in the budget for our agency.
We will either make adjustments to program budgets to provide these services or work with national philanthropic partners to bring in support to make this happen.