Partners
Breaking Through is a collaboration of Jobs for the Future and the National Council for Workforce Education.
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Jobs for the FutureJFF develops, implements, and promotes new education and workforce strategies that help communities, states, and the nation compete in a global economy. In over 200 communities in 43 states, JFF improves the pathways leading from high school to college to family-sustaining careers. |
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NCWENCWE is a private, nonprofit, professional organization committed to promoting excellence and growth in workforce education at the postsecondary level. An affiliate council of the American Association of Community Colleges, NCWE provides a national forum for administrators and faculty in occupational, vocational, technical, and career education as well as representatives of business, labor, military, and government, to affect and direct the future role of two-year and other postsecondary institutions in work-related education. |
Funders
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation have supported Breaking Through programs that help low-skilled adults prepare for and succeed in community college occupational and technical degree programs. The Ford Foundation and Lumina Foundation for Education support Breaking Through state policy efforts. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funds data collection, documentation, and scale-up efforts at five community colleges, as well as peer learning activities across the initiative. The Walmart Foundation supports technical assistance to the Tribal Colleges network and the North Carolina state network.
