New America

For Support Of Opportunity@Work, To Improve Hiring Of Nontraditional Candidates In Technology Fields

  • Amount
    $250,000
  • Program
  • Date Awarded
    3/22/2016
  • Term
    36 Months
  • Type of Support
    General Support/Program
Overview
Today, high demand for STEM-related jobs is not met with adequate supply—the median duration of vacancies in STEM roles is more than twice that in other fields. To address this, in 2015 the Obama administration announced TechHire, a public-private partnership to create more fast-track tech training opportunities in high-paying IT fields such as cybersecurity, network administration, and data analytics, and to improve job placement. Opportunity@Work was launched shortly thereafter, and has made TechHire its first initiative. Opportunity@Work aims to improve the accessibility and usability of information available for job seekers, employers, and providers of job skills education and training; and to improve the ability of and incentives for companies—starting with the currently over 400 employers in the 31 communities that have committed to the TechHire initiative—to hire more workers with the skills, but not necessarily the pedigree, to do the job.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.newamerica.org 
Address
740 15th Street NW, Unit 900, Washington, DC, 20005, United States
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for bridging open education and equity in pre-K-12 learning and teaching  
New America is a nonpartisan think tank dedicated to renewing, reimagining, and realizing the promise of America in an era of rapid technological and social change. With this grant, New America’s Education Policy program will build on existing efforts to elevate the importance of equity and inclusion and the role of high-quality open educational resources and practices in ensuring academic excellence and well-being for all students. This will be accomplished through research and policy analysis, case making, community building, and the development of new resources and tools. (Substrategy: Sustainable Systems)
for #ShareTheMicInCyber  
In 2020, #ShareTheMicInCyber was launched as a volunteer movement aiming to build a more diverse and effective cybersecurity field. The volunteer #ShareTheMicInCyber movement became widely popular. This grant supports the formalization of #ShareTheMicInCyber as a program under New America. This will enable #ShareTheMicInCyber to establish a strategic approach and structure to this work, as well as to launch a new fellowship program offering training, certifications, and research support to a diverse group of fellows. (Substrategy: Talent Pipeline)

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