Changing funding priorities and shortened timelines can create difficult decisions for grant professionals and organizational leaders. Rikki Lee Pfeiffer-Carr explores how building ethical reflection into grant readiness, risk management, and decision-making can help organizations protect their credibility and navigate uncertainty with confidence.
In the latest episode of Wise Women, HHW's team (Kaci Roach, Dr. Josette Compton, and Sarah Taylor) discuss the often-unacknowledged nature of grief. The hosts are joined by guest April ...
Just because your organization is eligible for a grant doesn't mean it's positioned to win. In today's increasingly competitive funding environment, successful organizations evaluate opportunities through the lens of Competitive Readiness—assessing strategic alignment, project maturity, organizational capacity, and funding pipeline priorities before deciding to invest valuable proposal development resources.
Organizations can no longer rely on recruiting alone to solve workforce shortages. This article explores how registered apprenticeships, career pathways, employer partnerships, and workforce development strategies help communities build the skilled talent they need. Featuring examples from Ohio, it highlights how long-term investments in education, work-based learning, and collaboration create stronger regional economies and sustainable workforce pipelines.
Through recent site visits to eight community colleges participating in the U.S. Department of Labor's Strengthening Community Colleges grant program, New Growth witnessed firsthand how strong partnerships, student-centered support services, and employer engagement drive workforce success. From observing advanced training labs to meeting with faculty, administrators, and students, our on-the-ground approach provides insights that data alone cannot capture. These visits reinforce New Growth's commitment to helping colleges, workforce organizations, and communities build sustainable pathways to high-demand careers through collaboration, strategic implementation, and continuous improvement.
The W.I.S.E Excellence Awards were more than a celebration—they were proof of concept. Proof that when women are given access, resources, and support, they don’t just participate—they excel. And behind that success is the strategic partnership and funding support that helps bring programs like this to life.
Grant readiness is often treated as a technical exercise—registrations, compliance systems, and budgets. But ethical readiness may be just as important. Embedding structured ethical deliberation into grant development processes helps organizations make better decisions under pressure and protects long-term credibility.
If you’re considering applying for Strengthening Community Colleges (SCC) Round 6, this is a conversation you’ll want to tune into. We partnered with AGS Prime™ to walk through what ...
Federal workforce and economic development policy is not disappearing in 2026—it is evolving. Across agencies such as the Department of Labor, the National Science Foundation, the Economic Development Administration, ...
How We Use A.I. New Growth integrates AI tools into key phases of our work where they add clear strategic value. Used thoughtfully, these tools support how our ...
New Growth is shaped by the intersection of deep domain expertise, decades of hands-on experience, and an Industrial Belt perspective grounded in the reality that strengthening regional economies is ...
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