Workforce and Bank Partnerships: Tales of Three Workforce Boards

Tuesday, September 27, 2022
3:00pm – 4:00pm, Eastern time

Register for Zoom webinar:
Link: addevent.com/event/iO14423867

For Help and Questions, contact: Dallas Oberlee at dallas_oberlee@spra.com

Sponsor: The LEAD Center

Description: To address banks’ redlining practices, Congress passed a law in 1977 [see note below] to encourage financial institutions to conduct activities, including workforce development-related activities, that benefit low- and moderate-income individuals. Activities can take many forms, from the development of financial services career pathways training to financial education conducted by bank employees. In this webinar, experts from the field will share their activities to engage banks to provide financial coaching, workforce training, credit assistance, career preparation and other activities for adults and youth.

Join us as we share strategies to build connections between workforce boards and banks and leverage bank resources. Speakers include Amanda Sutherland from MichiganWorks! Southwest (Kalamazoo, Michigan); Brian Williams from the Capital Region (Albany, New York); and Nadine Jackson and Doug Saenz from CareerSource Broward (Fort Lauderdale, Florida).

Webinar participants will:

• Understand banks’ obligations to invest in the community and how to leverage these opportunities.
• Learn effective strategies for workforce boards on implementing workforce development activities that meet banks’ community obligations.
• Hear about promising practices from workforce areas experiencing success with bank partnerships that improve employment and economic self-sufficiency for low-income people of color with disabilities.
• Learn about a “How To” guide to help workforce development boards establish strong bank partnerships to improve program participants’ employment and economic outcomes and benefit your community.

The LEAD Center provides live captioning at all of its events.

[Note:] The Community Reinvestment Act, enacted in 1977, requires the Federal Reserve and other federal banking regulators to encourage financial institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they do business, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.