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Vocational Training & Job Placement

01 Vocational Training & Job Placement · 514 edit slice
150
orgs
477
activities
32
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 150 organizations and 477 activities — GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, South Bay Workforce Investment Board, CHRYSALIS CENTER, DRESS FOR SUCCESS PHOENIX and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (81%) and California (19%). The field's most common shared approach is "Case-by-Case Incentive Evaluation", run by 1 orgs.
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY and South Bay Workforce Investment Board hold roughly a third of all activity — know those first.
pull-quote · for funders
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 81% · 121 orgs
California 19% · 29 orgs
gap signal →
Arizona accounts for 81% of field activity — the other 49 states combined hold less than half.
who's here

organizations in this field · 150

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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 12
Government
AHCCCS 2
Government
Arizona Community Foundation 2
Foundation
Arizona Department of Child Safety 2
Government
California Department of Rehabilitation 2
Government
Mastercard 2
Corporate
Medi-Cal 2
Government
State of California 2
Government
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 2
Government
U.S. Department of Education 2
Government
U.S. Department of Labor 2
Government
USAID 2
Government
ATArizona 1
Government
AbilityOne Program 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
Case-by-Case Incentive Evaluation
3
Client-Centered Preparation
8
Community-Embedded Response
1
Community-Funded Support Model
1
Community-Led Transition Support
1
DMCA Compliance Framework
3
Empowerment Through Incentives
2
Financial Impact Tracking
3
4
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

Arizona State University Partner
shared by 9 orgs
City of Phoenix Partner
shared by 7 orgs
AHCCCS Government
shared by 6 orgs
APS Partner
shared by 6 orgs
Arizona Commerce Authority Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Arizona Community Foundation Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Arizona Department of Revenue Government
shared by 5 orgs
Mercy Care Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Northern Arizona University Partner
shared by 5 orgs
SCORE Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Facebook Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Grand Canyon University Partner
shared by 4 orgs
HUD Government
shared by 4 orgs
USDA Government
shared by 4 orgs
community partners Partner
shared by 4 orgs
Arizona Complete Health Partner
shared by 3 orgs
where the field connects

strategy-sharing network

Inferred from shared theories of action: each line connects an org to a strategy it runs. Organizations that share many strategies cluster through the same nodes — funders can spot the field's structural bridges.

scale of the field

rollup metrics

Aggregated scale claims from orgs in the slice. Treat as a floor, not a ceiling — many orgs don't publish these numbers, so totals underrepresent real reach. Extreme outliers (often unit-mismatches upstream) are filtered out.

253.0M
Pounds distributed
from 5 orgs
212.9M
People served
from 55 orgs
6.0M
annual revenue
from 4 orgs
793K
Meals provided
from 4 orgs
175K
member count
from 3 orgs
49K
Staff
from 24 orgs