Workforce Services

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Preparing California’s students for tomorrow’s workforce.

The Foundation supports employers, high school, and college students and staff in developing programs and systems that create and sustain a diverse, well prepared workforce.

The Foundation’s Workforce Services team develops tools, materials, events, and workshops to support programs and systems of work-based learning. Our team’s expertise is in actively engaging businesses, educational institutions, and students to support the future workforce of California. We partner with other non-profits, workforce investment boards, colleges, high schools, and private funders.

While the Foundation has been placing college and university students in jobs since 1998, much of our work across the state is newly emerging. Today’s businesses, postsecondary institutions, workforce investment boards, secondary schools, public funders, and private donors all seek to address issues central to preparing youth for future career success, and the Foundation’s Workforce Services are creating the infrastructure to help these individuals work together to develop lasting solutions.

Current Programs and Services


California Apprenticeship Initiative
The Foundation supports the creation of apprenticeship opportunities through involvement with the California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI), a grant opportunity offered by the CCCCO to support the creation of new apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeship training programs. The Foundation provides technical assistance to 37 projects and 20 sectors through coaching to increase student and employer engagement and fostering a shared community of practice for college supervisors of apprenticeship programs.

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Career Catalyst 

Our signature service, Career Catalyst, supports public and private employers interested in offering student jobs and internships. Career Catalyst offers a suite of services that are designed to remove the burden of finding, processing, and compensating student positions. These services can support employers new to the arena of internships and student jobs or provide efficiency to employers that are seeking to streamline their talent development initiatives. 

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Fresh Success
Fresh Success helps community colleges and community-based organizations effectively start and manage CalFresh Employment and Training (E&T) programs in partnership with their counties. Through Fresh Success, CalFresh participants gain education and training that will lead to better employment and a path to economic self-sufficiency. This approach to CalFresh Employment & Training, which connects counties with local colleges and CBOs that provide employment & training services, allows for increased federal funding and innovative, job-driven approaches. 

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Contact

Tim Aldinger
Executive Director, Workforce Development
T: 510.590.8882
E: taldinger@foundationccc.org

Foundation for California
Community Colleges

1102 Q Street, Suite 4800
Sacramento, CA 95811

Toll Free: 866.325.3222
Fax: 916.325.0844

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Supporting our Work

Help the Foundation further its mission to benefit, support, and enhance the California Community Colleges.

The Foundation for California Community Colleges is a 501(c)(3) organization (EIN 68-0412350).

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Who we serve

The Foundation serves as the official foundation supporting the Board of Governors, Chancellor’s Office, and the entire California Community College system, including 116 colleges and 73 districts, serving nearly 2 million students.

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