Work & pathways
Training, hiring and long-term advancement are different steps. Read who a program serves and what support is offered without converting a training description into a promise of a job.
Economic Opportunity
More room to build. More power to own.
Work, wealth, entrepreneurship and shared opportunity.
A question worth asking
Connect a livelihood to the systems around it.
Economic opportunity can mean a first paid role, a sustainable business, a cooperative or the ability to retain what a family has built. Choose the unit you are studying—worker, household, business or community—before making a comparison or selecting a support pathway.
Enterprise & ownership
Find organizations that support the stage of a venture you are in. Coaching, lending, investment readiness and grants are different forms of support with different obligations.
Income & wealth
A measure of current earnings is not a measure of household wealth. Keep units, survey populations and reference periods visible when explaining an economic gap.
46organization records
21research resources
5policy & program records
Connected by issue.
Grounded in sources.
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The reading room
Make the evidence useful.
How are quality jobs, capital and economic security distributed? Keep the source, population, place and period together when you use a finding.
Data portal
Work and economic opportunity: official data
Official data series on employment, wages and other labor-market measures.
Explore the recordU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Family wealth: the 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances
Locate wealth, debt and asset information with technical documentation.
Explore the recordFederal Reserve Board
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Business ownership: Annual Business Survey
Find employer-business data by ownership characteristics and industry.
Explore the recordU.S. Census Bureau
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Workforce comparisons by race and ethnicity
Use consistent labor-force concepts and demographic definitions.
Explore the recordU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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LODES and OnTheMap — jobs and commuting
Census resources describing the location of jobs and workers and the relationships between home and workplace.
Explore the recordU.S. Census Bureau
batch-03 · Source-linkedPolicy & public programs
Find the decision behind the issue.
Examine public procurement, workforce programs, labor standards and economic-development decisions. A shared topic connects these records; it does not establish a causal relationship or determine eligibility.
State tax-credit program
California Earned Income Tax Credit
An official route to check eligibility for the refundable California earned-income credit.
Explore the recordCalifornia; applicable tax year
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California Foster Youth Tax Credit
A state credit pathway for qualifying former foster youth.
Explore the recordCalifornia; applicable tax year
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California Paid Family Leave
A wage-replacement program for eligible workers taking time away to bond with a child, care for a seriously ill family member or assist during qualifying military deployment.
Explore the recordCalifornia
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California Family Rights Act — care leave
Agency guidance explaining job-protected family and medical leave and how California Family Rights Act protections differ from federal FMLA.
Explore the recordCalifornia
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The context belongs with the person.
Numbers help frame a question. Community knowledge helps you ask it responsibly. Neither should be separated from its source or presented as the entire story.
Independent organizations
Meet the people doing the work.
Explore relevant missions and service geographies. These are independent organizations, not a claimed partner network.
Economic Opportunity
Black Ambition
Invests in underrepresented founders and builders through competition, capital pathways, coaching and ecosystem support.
Meet the organizationNational collection; confirm the current service area, program availability and intake process with the organization.
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Center for Employment Opportunities
Provides immediate paid transitional work and long-term employment support for people returning home from incarceration.
Meet the organizationNational collection; confirm the current service area, program availability and intake process with the organization.
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The Highland Project
Works to close the racial wealth gap by backing Black women and reimagining systems of capital, ownership and leadership.
Meet the organizationNational collection; confirm the current service area, program availability and intake process with the organization.
batch-04 · Source-linkedWhat a source-linked record does—and does not—mean
Source text supports the summary. Editorial approval, legal or tax status, service availability and confirmation by the organization are separate checks. Directory inclusion does not establish a partnership or endorsement. Read the review standard
From understanding to a useful ask
Before you act
Name the practical question
What would make the next economic step possible: a skill, a connection, capital or a change in the rules?
Identify the responsible office
An office or institution is a more useful starting point than an assumed officeholder. Check the official source and the relevant jurisdiction.
Carry the source forward
Keep the original source link, the review date and the limitation beside your evidence. Edit the draft in your own words before sharing it.
Keep the connections you find.
An account lets you save public resources and private drafts on the computer running this local application.