SJI’s policy work seeks to advance policies that strengthen opportunities for low-income job seekers and workers to gain the skills and knowledge they need to connect to and succeed in jobs with good wages, benefits, and advancement potential. 

We also work to identify policies that improve workers’ economic circumstances through quality employment, work supports, and money management skills. This work is advanced through participation in national research projects such as the Working Poor Families Project and our three main research areas:

1.) Identifying Growth Industries and Occupations

2.) Improving Community College Access for Low-Income Adults

3.) Building Job Retention and Career Advancement

Click on the links above to read more about these areas of research, or to view or download our publications.

To read more about Seattle Jobs Initiative’s policy work in general, click here.