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- EIN 47-0964472
- (402) 991-5617
- 7101 Mercy Rd Ste 240 Omaha NE 68106-2643 USA
- www.acceleratene.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education, Educational Services
Mission: Accelerate nebraska's mission is to inform and connect workforce and economic development stakeholders in order to effectuate policies and practices that maximize nebraska's human capital. For nebraska to maximize its human capital, stakeholders across the state must work together to provide educational experiences that adequately prepare students for careers, as well as provide job opportunities that fully leverage the capabilities of the state's workforce. Accelerate nebraska is working to accomplish these objectives by identifying factors that contribute to misalignment between education and workforce needs, and once identified, to stimulate collaboration among educational, governmental, business, and community stakeholders across the state to address such factors.
Programs: 2017 activities and services included the following: (1) production and release of a report, entitled nebraska now, that examines the educational credentials of the state's workforce relative to its labor market needs, including the financial impact of underemployment in nebraska; (2) production and release of a brief paper describing the purpose of accelerate nebraska's effort, which was shared with editorial staff of newspapers statewide; and (3) production of a workforce landscape assessment that included (i) an overview of workforce development programs currently being utilized in nebraska at the state, regional, and local levels, (ii) themes derived from interviews with 47 workforce development stakeholders from various regions of the state, (iii) observations related to key dynamics in developing and implementing workforce development initiatives, and (iv) a recommendation to establish a state workforce development task force.