Better Employment and Training Strategies

The Better Employment and Training Strategies Taskforce (BETS) is a coalition of more than 40 leading practitioners and experts working to modernize the United States' outdated patchwork of workforce policies. The five BETS work groups were convened in November 2020 to develop recommendations aimed at informing the incoming administration and Congress on issues and policy options related to unemployment insurance, workforce development, job quality, youth employment, and federal jobs initiatives.

Professor Stephen Crawford of the George Washington Institute of Public Policy, Stuart Andreason of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and Larry Good of Corporation for a Skilled Workforce convened the BETS Taskforce.

  • Publications

    2021

  • Members

    Steve Crawford, George Washington Institute of Public Policy, The George Washington University

    Stuart Andreason, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity

    Larry Good, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

    Burt Barnow, George Washington University

    Kisha Bird, The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

    Amanda Cage, National Fund for Workforce Solutions

    Mary Clagett, Jobs for the Future

    Maureen Conway, Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program

    Maria Flynn, Jobs for the Future

    Annelies Goger, Brookings Institution

    Todd Greene, WorkRise, Urban Institute

    James Haynes, OIC of America

    Bob Jones, former U.S. Department of Labor assistant secretary of Employment and Training Administration

    Chris King, Ray Marshall Center, University of Texas at Austin

    Jeanine LaPrad, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

    Ann Lichter, formerly Center on Rural Innovation and U.S. Department of Labor assistant administrator, Wage and Hour Division

    Mary Alice McCarthy, Center on Education and Labor, New America

    Sarah Miller, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

    Clair Minson, Sandra Grace Consulting

    Jane Oates, WorkingNation and former U.S. Department of Labor assistant secretary, Employment and Training Administration

    Brent Parton, Center on Education and Labor, New America

    Heath Prince, Ray Marshall Center, University of Texas at Austin

    Martha Ross, Brookings Institution

    Bob Sheets, George Washington Institute of Public Policy, The George Washington University

    Thomas Showalter, National Youth Employment Coalition

    Martin Simon, formerly National Governors Association

    Katie Spiker, National Skills Coalition

    Andy Van Kleunen, National Skills Coalition

    Carl Van Horn, Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University