Helping Communities Shine

Whether researching and implementing ways to shape a community's economic development plan or partnering to create ways to put people to work, CREC connects researchers and policymakers with:

• Data training
• Custom portfolios that aid regional competitiveness

Project Profile

Developing a Community Empowerment Scorecard

Colorado Workforce Development Council
Start Date: Apr 2020 — End Date: Jan 2022

CREC is assisting the Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC) in promoting economic mobility among the individuals that are receiving employment assistance. CREC is developing a community empowerment scorecard to help CWDC monitor the various factors that contribute to jobseeker mobility. The scorecard will focus on examining career pathways and partnerships in the retail sector that upskill and advance retail, hospitality, or food and beverages services workers.

About the Client

Colorado Workforce Development Council

The CWDC was formed under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and is responsible for the continuous improvement of the workforce system, oversight of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds, and ensuring a statewide strategic vision created from the bottom up through Council members and local partners. The CWDC acts on behalf of […]