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Workforce Development & Job Training

01 Workforce Development & Job Training · 442 edit slice
127
orgs
484
activities
35
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 127 organizations and 484 activities — THE ARIZONA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND, Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impa, FOUNDATION FOR BLIND CHILDREN, CAREER CONNECTORS NETWORK and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Person-Centered Empowerment", run by 32 orgs.
who to look at first

shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
Arizona 100% · 127 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 127

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direct service advocacy research capacity building
where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

USDA 5
Government
AbilityOne Program 3
Government
Arizona Community Foundation 3
Foundation
Arizona Department of Child Safety 2
Government
Arizona Department of Economic Security 2
Government
Arizona Department of Education 2
Government
Arizona State Tax Credit 2
Government
U.S. Department of Labor 2
Government
Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust 2
Foundation
AHCCCS 1
Government
APS 1
Corporate
ATArizona 1
Government
Abbett Family Foundation 1
Foundation
Administration for Community Living (ACL) 1
Government
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Person-Centered Empowerment
162
5
10
Holistic Youth Development
70
2
Peer-Based Healing and Support
52
6
Housing as Health
46
2
Community-Led Systems Change
46
1
5
Apprenticeship-Based Workforce Development
30
1
Dignity-Centered Service
26
1
Integrated Whole-Person Care
15
2
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks — relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

Arizona State University Partner
shared by 11 orgs
Arizona Department of Revenue Government
shared by 8 orgs
AHCCCS Government
shared by 5 orgs
Mercy Care Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Northern Arizona University Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Arizona Community Foundation Partner
shared by 4 orgs
City of Phoenix Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Grand Canyon University Partner
shared by 4 orgs
HUD Government
shared by 4 orgs
Maricopa Community Colleges Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Pima Community College Partner
shared by 4 orgs
U.S. Department of Labor Government
shared by 4 orgs
University of Arizona Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Arizona Complete Health Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Arizona Department of Health Services Partner
shared by 3 orgs
Mesa Community College Partner
shared by 3 orgs