{"id":941,"date":"2023-06-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-foundation\/?p=941"},"modified":"2025-02-06T08:07:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T15:07:01","slug":"our-investment-in-the-families-and-workers-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-foundation\/2023\/06\/06\/our-investment-in-the-families-and-workers-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Our investment in The Families &amp; Workers Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide is-light is-style-adk-banner\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-white-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"558\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-950\" alt=\"Families and workers from Better Builder (FWF grantee) in Austin, Texas \u2014\u00a0Three women standing side-by-side, smiling and posing for group photo, wearing matching blue &quot;We Build Texas&quot; t-shirts and adhesive name-tags. The woman in the middle is leaning on a pair of crutches.\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/TFWF_IMG_0869-crop-blog.jpg\" style=\"object-position:8% 51%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"8% 51%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/TFWF_IMG_0869-crop-blog.jpg 868w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/TFWF_IMG_0869-crop-blog-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/TFWF_IMG_0869-crop-blog-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Supercharging the green infrastructure workforce&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Inflation Reduction Act, and other recent legislation puts more than $2 trillion to work to upgrade and transform America\u2019s infrastructure and accelerate the transition to a clean energy future. These laws benefit both people and the planet and are estimated to create more than 12 million jobs over the next decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A historic opportunity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/how-to-support-good-jobs-and-workforce-equity-on-federal-infrastructure-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">experts suggest<\/a> that while meaningful labor and workforce standards are included in the legislation, much of the promise of good jobs lies in choices around how funds are disbursed. According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/13\/economy\/biden-infrastructure-law-worker-training\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">analysis<\/a> by Moody\u2019s Analytics, 75% of the jobs created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will likely be staffed by men, and 80% are expected to go to white workers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, there are not currently enough trained workers ready to fill the roles that will be created. The infrastructure workforce is ready to retire\u2014with 17 million workers expected to depart in the next decade. Compounded with a historically tight labor market and nearly two job openings per unemployed person, it\u2019s crucial that action be taken.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why The Families and Workers Fund?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Autodesk Foundation is pleased to welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.org\/portfolio\/the-families-and-workers-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Families and Workers Fund<\/a> to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.org\/portfolio#work-and-prosperity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Work &amp; Prosperity<\/a> portfolio. The Fund fosters large-scale collaboration and makes philanthropic investments to deliver good jobs and a more inclusive and accessible social safety net. We\u2019re excited to support this work to help power infrastructure delivery and the clean energy transition\u2014and to create more opportunities for millions along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Families and Workers Fund is addressing the lack of green infrastructure skilled labor by investing in organizations at the local and state level that can scale training, quality jobs, and related career pathways. The Fund also supports state and local workforce planning, implementation, and innovation to ensure government funding is invested in the most promising solutions and driving results.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fund is differentiated in that it is able to track how philanthropic capital is leveraging government funding. For example, it provided a $1.6 million grant to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betterbuildertx.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Better Builder Program<\/a>, created for and by immigrant construction workers, in partnership with city government, to scale job quality standards on construction sites in Texas. The Fund demonstrates a new model for how city governments, workers, and businesses can together shape markets to deliver economic mobility-boosting outcomes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, more than $13 billion in construction deals in Texas are poised to adopt Better Builder\u2019s good job standards, including a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-supported project that will green Austin\u2019s metropolitan region\u2019s transit system. Tens of thousands of workers and families will benefit from increased economic security, improved health and safety, and economic mobility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our collaboration<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Families and Workers Fund will leverage Autodesk resources, industry expertise and talent, and industry networks to upskill the green infrastructure workforce.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:16% auto\" id=\"etosha\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/TFWF-Rachel_400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot image of Rachel Korberg, Executive Director &amp; Co-Founder, The Families and Workers Fund.\" class=\"wp-image-1064 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/TFWF-Rachel_400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/TFWF-Rachel_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/TFWF-Rachel_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/autodesk-foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/TFWF-Rachel_400x400-345x345.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong><em>\u201cWe are thrilled to be supported by the Autodesk Foundation. Autodesk\u2019s deep expertise in technology and talent will help our partners and us to make clean energy and infrastructure careers more widely accessible and spur greater economic mobility and opportunity for all.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Rachel Korberg, Executive Director &amp; Co-Founder, The Families and Workers Fund<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Families and Workers Fund will play a critical role in helping to ensure that billions of dollars in government funding for a clean energy future puts people at the center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.org\/portfolio\/the-families-and-workers-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Learn more<\/em><\/a><em> about The Families and Workers Fund\u2019s unique approach to building an economy that uplifts all.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fc4fd283 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.org\/portfolio\/the-families-and-workers-fund\/\" class=\"\n            MuiButtonBase-root MuiButton-root\n            wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\n            \n            \n            \n            MuiButton-outlined\n        \">\n\n        <span class=\"MuiButton-label\">\n            \n            \nLearn more\n\n            \n        <\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Autodesk Foundation welcomes The Families and Workers Fund\u2014a nonprofit supercharging the green infrastructure workforce\u2014to its Work and Prosperity portfolio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17728,"featured_media":950,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,37,25],"coauthors":[53],"class_list":["post-941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-funding","tag-autodesk-foundation","tag-future-of-work","tag-work-prosperity","dhig-theme--light"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Our investment in The Families &amp; 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