2025 LevelUp Professional Development Year-End Impact Statement

Year-at-a-Glance Impact

Across all LevelUp programming this year:

• Over 374 workforce leaders, practitioners, and partners engaged
• 65 Fellows completed intensive learning and development academies
• 42 participants advanced skills by completing a Skilling America Certification
• 242 participants joined webinars on workforce topics 

Over the past year, LevelUp programming strengthened New York’s workforce development sector by equipping leaders, practitioners, and partners with the tools, knowledge, and networks needed to advance equitable, responsive, and future-focused workforce strategies.  Together, these efforts demonstrate LevelUp’s continued commitment to strengthening leadership, advancing equity, and supporting innovation across New York’s workforce development system, ensuring professionals are prepared to meet today’s challenges and shape the future of work. 

Building Leadership & Policy Capacity

• LevelUp’s learning academies continued to cultivate strong, values-driven leadership across the workforce system:
• Aspen Institute Workforce Leadership Academy: 22 Fellows
• Workforce Academy for Policy & Advocacy (2024–2025): 11 Fellows
• Partnering Economic & Employment Research (PEER) Academy: 15 Fellows
• Workforce Academy for Policy & Advocacy (2025–2026): 17 Fellows

In total, 65 Fellows participated in immersive, cohort-based learning experiences focused on leadership development, policy advocacy, data-driven decision-making, and systems change, thus strengthening both individual capacity and cross-sector collaboration statewide. 

Advancing Skills & Practice Through Skilling America

LevelUp expanded practitioner skills through the Skilling America initiative, supporting professionals working directly with job seekers and employers. Across two cohorts, 42 participants deepened their understanding of evolving labor market needs by focusing on career coaching, analysis, leadership, and partnerships. 

Driving Learning, Dialogue & Innovation Through Webinars

LevelUp hosted seven webinars that brought together workforce professionals, advocates, and partners to discuss emerging challenges and opportunities. Topics ranged from clean energy to AI, childcare, supporting military veterans and their families, and data storytelling.

In 2025, LevelUp webinars engaged 242 participants in sessions that created accessible entry points for learning, sparked critical conversations, and supported practical application across the field. 

Strengthening Connections Across the Workforce System

In addition to structured learning, LevelUp prioritized relationship-building. The Workforce Academy for Policy & Advocacy Networking Event in March 2025 brought together 25 participants, reinforcing peer connections and fostering collaboration beyond the classroom.

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