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# Biden-Harris Administration Launches Investing in America Education and Workforce Development Summits to Help More Young People Access Good-Paying Jobs in Innovative Industries 

# Biden-Harris Administration Launches Investing in America Education and Workforce Development Summits to Help More Young People Access Good-Paying Jobs in Innovative Industries 

July 25, 2023

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The Biden-Harris Administration today announced the  launch of the Unlocking Pathways Summit series, a key part of the *Raise the Bar: Unlocking Career Success* initiative, aimed at helping young Americans access good-paying jobs created by President Biden’s Bidenomics  agenda*.*The  series is supported by the Departments of Commerce, Energy, Labor, and  Transportation to increase and expand access to high-quality career pathways to  help young Americans pursue jobs in today’s in-demand fields and be prepared  for careers of the future.

This summit series, co-hosted with the national education  and workforce development organization Jobs for the Future (JFF), consists of  four regional education-workforce convenings to highlight workforce priorities  and opportunities for young people that are growing due to recent federal  investments, like the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS and Science Act.  This includes expanding access to high-wage, high demand pathways and  skills-based learning opportunities, including Registered Apprenticeships and  community college programs, in sectors like advanced manufacturing, clean  energy, construction, and cybersecurity.  

“From the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to the CHIPS and  Science Act to the Inflation Reduction Act and beyond, President Biden’s  Investing in America agenda will create millions of well-paying jobs in the  coming years, and it’s on us to ensure students have pathways into these  incredible career opportunities,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel  Cardona. “Our Unlocking Pathways Summits will empower state and local leaders  in K-12 and postsecondary education, government, and the private sector to  Raise the Bar for career-connected learning that engages and supports our  youth, meets America’s future workforce needs, and ensures our nation continues  to lead the world. Our economy demands and our students deserve state and local  leaders prepared to meet this moment.” 

Each Unlocking Pathways Summit will bring together  leaders from education, workforce and industry from multiple states. This  invite-only event is an opportunity for key decision makers to share critical  strategies and address shared challenges in developing robust talent pipelines.  Each state is sending a team spanning K-12 education, postsecondary education,  workforce development, and employers to specifically re-imagine how that  state’s education and workforce development planning can and should include  young people.  

“JFF is honored to co-host this summer’s Unlocking  Pathways Summits. Education-to-career pathways represent perhaps the most  promising and bipartisan agenda in education over the last decade. Congress has  recently appropriated billions of dollars that can accelerate and deepen this  work,” said Maria Flynn, CEO and President of Jobs for the Future. “This is an  historic opportunity to engage leaders from every state in the country in  re-envisioning and redesigning education and workforce development systems, to  invest in cross-sector collaboration, and ultimately to prepare the workforce  needed to meet our country's economic imperatives.”  

The series will kick off today at Renton Technical  College in **Renton,  Washington,** and will be hosted in partnership with the  Department of Transportation featuring construction and infrastructure pathway  opportunities and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Unlocking Pathways  Summit series will continue over the summer in **Aurora, Colorado,** with the Department of  Energy, featuring clean energy pathways and the Inflation Reduction Act; **Madison, Wisconsin,** with the Department of Commerce featuring CHIPS and Science Act; and in **Biloxi, Mississippi,** with the Department of Labor with a focus on technology and cybersecurity.

The Summits complement the Biden-Harris Administration’s  Workforce Hubs, which were launched earlier this year in an initial set of five  cities that are seeing an influx of private and public investment, spurred by  President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The Hubs focus on bringing  together industry, state, local, and national leaders, as well as community  college and union partners to help more Americans of all ages and walks of life  access the training and tools to fill good-paying jobs created as a result of  the President’s economic agenda.  

For more information on work the Department is doing to  strengthen college and career pathways sign up for our newsletter here.
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