Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, June 2021
At the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program, and for our many colleagues and partners, the ongoing and intertwined health, economic, and racial justice crises bring new urgency to our work to improve access to quality jobs, options to participate in business ownership, and the freedom to pursue economic opportunity. Below we share our monthly newsletter with highlights of recent work. As always, we welcome your feedback, thoughts, and partnership in advancing inclusive opportunity and an economy in which we all can thrive. Click here to subscribe.
Delivering Patient Care and Quality Jobs
Improving job quality not only transforms workers’ lives, but it also benefits businesses’ performance and bottom lines. Highlighted in this brief by Mark Popovich and Yoorie Chang is Sunrise Treatment Center, a leader in the addiction treatment sector that provides stable, sustainable jobs. Founder Dr. Jeffrey Bill, Chief Operatin
SACRAMENTO â Today Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) announced her appointment as Co-Chair of the Economic and Workforce Health Subcommittee of the Council of State Governments (CSG) 2021-22 Healthy States National Task Force.
âI am excited and ready to represent the Central Valley while serving as Economic and Workforce Health Subcommittee Co-Chair on the Council of State Governments,â said Senator Hurtado. âSenate District 14 experienced many losses during the COVID-19 pandemic and we need to recover with good paying jobs that will meet our changing workforce needs. California will benefit economically with a more robust and skilled workforce. â
The Council of State Governments (CSG) has launched a new two-year Healthy States National Task Force which will start work in 2021. The task force will assist states with a variety of health and well-being challenges, all of which have been intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. This national task force will deve