| Notes |
The Center’s projects in the 1990s expanded to include issues related to welfare reform. Center staff assisted legislative staff drafting major portions of legislation that reformed welfare and created a comprehensive, integrated workforce system for Texas. This legislation influenced later welfare and workforce system reforms at the national level. In 1994, Center staff worked with a range of local stakeholders to launch a regional workforce intermediary, now called Skillpoint Alliance, aimed at improving the school to career transition. In 1995, the Ford Foundation awarded its Innovations in American Government Award to San Antonio’s Project Quest training program, a demonstration project designed by Center staff to upgrade the local workforce system by developing community leadership. This program was later replicated in other cities across the country. |