Program areas at Convergence Center for Policy Resolution
Economic recovery - (1) the Convergence collaborative on pathways to better to jobs seeks to address the needs of millions of job seekers by finding ways to better connect workers with appropriate opportunities to grow their skills and qualifications. (2) the Convergence collaborative on supports for working families seeks to build actionable solutions and unlikely alliances so that american families can flourish while raising children and working. In 2022, both collaboratives issued discovery reports highlighting the problems and areas of potential solution and convened stakeholders to find consensus solutions. Their blueprints for action will be released in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
Care for older adults - the Convergence collaborative on reimagining care for older adults brought together diverse Policy experts and stakeholders to improve supports and services for older adults so that, wherever older adults call home, they may live with dignity, choice, and self-determination. In august 2022, the collaborative released its blueprint for action, recommending: (1) creating a constellation of care settings with viable business models, so that preferred options are available as a person ages; (2) ensuring that there are enough caregivers qualified to provide needed care and to support family caregivers; and (3) adequately funding the system of care, with payment systems and other features that are aligned with the reality of aging.
Communications - Convergence's proven model of bringing individuals and organizations together across ideological divides has successfully been applied to topics ranging from education, economic mobility, and health care to criminal justice, the federal budget, and us-pakistan relations. In 2022, Convergence convened multiple collaboratives, including those focusing on economic recovery from the pandemic, caring for older adults, modernizing the civil service, and reducing digital disinformation. By communicating about the success of this work, Convergence provides unique, powerful evidence that bridging works.
Digital discourse
Civil service
Bridge building
Congress
Guns and suicide prevention
Research & development
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