Bell Policy Center's role with the SWFI project is to conduct focus groups with students and staff members and interview leaders at the community colleges, community partners and other key informants in the region. We also conducted a review of the literature on best practices for coordinating early childhood systems and workforce development and postsecondary education systems. This is a summary of the discovery research that was presented to the Learning Community at the Kick Off meeting in June 2017.
Bell will continue to present the results of our research to the learning community along with suggestions for additional community partners and policy and systemic changes that could improve the outcomes for SWFI families.