The Northern Kentucky Workforce Investment Board held its Partner for Success event on Aug. 10, and Angela Jackson, the founder of Future Forward Strategies, a labor market intelligence, design thinking, and strategy firm, joined local workforce development stakeholders to discuss what she called the social determinants of work.
The social determinants of work consist of social and environmental conditions that influence a person’s ability to get and keep a job. In her presentation, Jackson outlined these conditions: job flexibility, healthcare, childcare, transportation, sustained education, home and community health, broadband access, and access to justice.
In addition to Jackson’s overview, several local leaders talked about addressing common barriers such as stable housing, reliable transportation, and employee health.
