2021 - 2025
In 2021, OPRE awarded a contract to MEF Associates and their partner Mathematica to create the Promising Occupations Website—a career exploration tool for case managers, employment service providers, and job seekers to identify occupations that are attainable through short-term education or training and are projected to grow with family-sustaining wages. The website provides national, state, and local (where available) labor market information on over 600 occupations that are expected to grow over the next 10 years and pay $15 per hour or more. It builds on resources developed by the Employment Sector Analysis for TANF Recipients and Other Low-Income Families project and incorporates the career pathways framework, which is a promising strategy to promote education, training, and workforce advancement among low-income and low-skilled individuals.
Visit the Promising Occupations Website at www.https://promising-careers.org.
In 2024, OPRE awarded a contract to Mathematica to maintain the Promising Occupations Website and conduct activities to transition the website to be hosted on ACF’s server.
The OPRE points of contact are Girley Wright, Sarita Barton, and Elaine Sorensen.