Where Policy Meets People

Widening the Gap: Learning, Earning, and COVID

The COVID pandemic reversed years of improving high school dropout rates by untethering millions of young people from the institutions that were already…

WARNING: This Episode contains explicit language.

Ten years ago when The Choice is Yours (TCY) was launched in Philadelphia, diversion was novel concept in justice reform. Now, with nearly a decade of…

President Biden’s recent Declaration to raise the refugee arrival cap and news coverage of tens of thousands of Afghan families fleeing their country has us wondering just how prepared is the United …

It is graduation season and adults from all walks of life are heading into (or back into) the job market with new credentials.  While some are 21 year-olds with four-year undergrad degrees, many more…

The past year has redefined much of everyday life, including the notion of the essential worker. Direct Support Professionals or DSPs, the caring and committed people who support individuals with dis…

With a national discussion around major infrastructure investment, including training to prepare jobseekers to access these good jobs, could this be an opportunity for women to thrive in an industry …

Unemployment is at an all-time high in the Philly Metro region -- and across the country-- so what does a post-COVID labor market look like? Who has been hit hardest and how do we get them back to wo…

Where Policy Meets People a podcast from JEVS Human Services.

This podcast looks at stories and issues within the world of human services and employment, humanizing those who serve and are served by …