8 | To Help Philadelphias Workforce, This Nonprofit Had to Take a Look at Itself First
b'A few years ago, staff at Philadelphia Works, the city\\u2019s Workforce Development Board, decided that they wanted an outsider\\u2019s perspective to assess their workforce system and to assist them with more effectively helping residents. They partnered with Mathematica to study and address issues keeping them from providing the most effective services in the most efficient way possible.\\n \\nIn this episode of On the Evidence, we take a look at early efforts to redesign and streamline the daily operations of the city\\u2019s workforce system, starting with a cash assistance program for work-ready adults called the Employment, Advancement and Retention Network (EARN). Our guests include two of the nonprofit\\u2019s staff members, Patricia Blumenauer, director of workforce operations, and Eric Morton, a program representative, as well as Annalisa Mastri, a senior researcher at Mathematica.\\n\\nWe also have a condensed Q&A version of the conversation available here: https://mathematica-mpr.com/commentary/to-help-philadelphias-workforce-this-nonprofit-had-to-take-a-look-at-itself-first'