The MemWorks Employment Journey Map synthesizes the MemWorks roadblocks to employment and visualizes them from the perspective of a job seeker pursuing a living-wage career.

Only 2.8% of children born in the bottom fifth of the economic distribution in Memphis ever reach the top fifth, indicative of the challenges of realizing economic mobility in Memphis.

Seven in 10 industry credentials earned by Tennessee K-12 students do not enhance employment outcomes. Insufficient support is available to help people align their professional aptitudes with living-wage career pathways.

JobsFirstNYC is a nonprofit workforce intermediary that connects job-seeking young adults (18-24) in New York City to employers and facilitates the skills training and support services they need to achieve economic mobility.

The City University of New York’s (CUNY) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) and Accelerate, Complete, Engage program (ACE) supports community college students in completing their Associate’s degrees through comprehensive academic, social, and financial assistance.

REACH Literacy improves adult literacy by providing workplace-based literacy education programs tailored to employee needs.

We are engaged in five action plans that have strong potential to help mitigate employment roadblocks and ease the path to living-wage careers.

Up to six in 10 formerly incarcerated people are not employed in the formal job market and only 55 percent of them have reported wages within 12 months of their release.

85% of Tennessee TANF recipients said they have been impacted by the benefits cliff. The largest benefits cliffs are associated with the loss of support for childcare and housing.