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Future-Ready States

Building Statewide Success Through Short-Term Credentials

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Five Takeaways from FutureReady States Convening

Education Strategy Group Nov 17, 2025

In 2025, Lumina Foundation set an ambitious goal: by 2040, 75 percent of adults in the U.S. labor force will hold a college degree or other credential of value leading to economic prosperity. Subseque...
JFF Partners on FutureReady States to Drive Short-Term Credentials Strategies

Jobs for the Future (JFF) Jul 11, 2025

Press release: JFF partners with Lumina Foundation on the FutureReady States Initiative to drive short-term credentials strategies and outcomes nationwide.
Lessons from Lumina Foundation’s FutureReady States Initiative

fundsforNGOs News - Grants and Resources for Sustainability March 11, 2026

Lumina Foundation’s FutureReady States (FRS) initiative brings together a cohort of states working to strengthen short-term credential ecosystems and ensure that state investments in nondegree crede...
Mississippi Partners with Lumina Foundation to Launch FutureReady States

Accelerate MS July 10, 2025
New Initiative Will Promote Short-Term Credential Programs In North Carolina

Iredell Ready Jul 16, 2025
New Push to Help States Size Up Fast-Track Credentials

Work Shift Jul 17, 2025

A new project backed by the Lumina Foundation seeks to help 12 states better gauge the value of short-term credentials.
States, nonprofits look to capture quality of non-degree credentials

University Business Jul 16, 2025

As states cash in on the potential of non-degree credentials, new frameworks are emerging to ensure these innovative programs pass muster.
Support Non-Degree Credential Transparency in Your State

Credential Engine Sep 20, 2026
THEC Partners with Lumina to Strengthen Workforce Training

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Workforce Pell’s Missing Rudder

Washington Monthly September 20, 2026

Congress finally created workforce Pell Grants. Now states have to build the systems that can tell which programs actually work.