This brief shares insights from a strategic session organized by Ascend’s Postsecondary Success for Parents (PSP) initiative that included 15 organizations representing a
mix of direct workforce providers as well
as analysts, advocates, and researchers
who work on workforce programs. The brief offers space to consider changes needed in workforce development policies and practices to be more supportive of parents. By sharing these perspectives, Ascend hopes other practitioners, policymakers, and researchers will use these ideas to identify and address similar gaps in their own efforts.