Exploring Asset Building: Access to the tools for asset building and financial stability, via employment and cooperative infrastructures, is a necessary undertaking in addressing economic mobility. We are creating an index to gather a baseline of benefits via employment in the Philadelphia, state, and national markets.

Grief and Loss Impacts: We examine the long-term impact of grief and loss on millennials and late Gen-Xers (ages 30-46), exploring how these formative experiences shape their life trajectories, as well as the experiences, challenges and aspirations of young people (ages 18-26). This research focuses on the under-explored connection between emotional health, work readiness, and economic outcomes in these groups, filling current gaps in developmental data.

Employer Adaptation and Engagement: We explore employers' adaptive needs and imperatives as they work to change how they identify, develop, and cultivate talent. We are co-creating new approaches with employers informed by cutting-edge research in human ecology, the learning sciences, and developmental science.

Skill Development for the Future: Even as employers expand approaches to hiring and employee development, they need people to arrive with necessary competencies. We explore gaps that must be bridged by non-profit and public workforce partners, and considered by philanthropic investors.