Northern Virginia Workforce System 2019 - 2022 Outcomes Report

Aug 30, 2026

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Northern Virginia workforce system outcomes report covering 2019 through 2022, highlighting how the Virginia Career Works Northern Region supported jobseekers and employers during the COVID pandemic and the first year of recovery. It details the region’s service footprint across five American Job Centers, including shifts to virtual and telephone delivery. The report summarizes program performance such as the Return to Earn initiative, TANF employment supports, and a 2021 return-on-investment analysis showing economic benefits outweighing public costs.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages12

Reading Time30 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Regional workforce mission and service coverage

Key outcomes 2019 - 2022

Jobseeker visits and virtual service delivery

Return to Earn program results

TANF employment supports and job placement

2021 return-on-investment study

Impact of the COVID pandemic on labor markets

Unemployment rate trends

Significant activities and milestones

LinkedIn Learning partnership

Return to Earn and other milestones

2019- OUTC2 Letter from the Chairs of the Board of Directors August 2022 To Northern Virginia Business Leaders and Local Citizens: As our nation and Northern Virginia region continues to recover from the COVID Pandemic, our work supporting jobseekers and Northern Virginia employers remains to be our primary focus. We are confident in our region’s immediate and long-term growth opportunities, especially as the Northern Virginia labor market has rebounded so positively. In this multi-year Report, we are sharing our combined program outcomes achieved during the COVID Pandemic period and the first year of recovery – in total, the years of 2019 – 2022. The Virginia Career Works Northern Region Board of Directors is one of fourteen local workforce boards in the Commonwealth of Virginia, serving over 2.1 million residents and tens of thousands of businesses in Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the cities of Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park. Our five (5) Virginia Career Works Northern American Job Centers offer multiple free services to businesses seeking to hire and retain workers while also providing many opportunities for jobseekers to develop new skills and find good jobs. The 2019 – 2022 Outcomes Report for The SkillSource Group, Inc. and the Virginia Career Works Northern Region Board summarizes a variety of services and achievements by our region’s public workforce system, including: • Continued delivery of our workforce and training services within five (5) Virginia Career Works Northern Centers. During FY 2022, our Northern Virginia Centers hosted 37,662 jobseeker visits. The restrictions of the COVID Pandemic changed our service delivery structure and now many jobseekers interact with our staff through virtual career services provided online or by telephone. • In 2021, a new program to serve both jobseekers and employers was launched by the Virginia Governor and Secretary of Labor. Called ‘Return to Earn,’ this Program encouraged local employers to hire new employees at $15 per hour (or higher) and provided incentives to employers to do so. The Virginia Career Works Northern Region was a leader in the State, allocating $224,680, providing supports to 86 employers, who hired 413 new workers through this Program. 1 • Provided ongoing employment supports and job placement assistance for local jobseekers receiving Federal public assistance benefits under the Targeted Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The SkillSource Group initiatives continued to serve jobseekers enrolled in TANF services and has one of the highest wage rates at job placement among workforce providers within the Commonwealth of Virginia. • Our annual 2021 Return-on-Investment Study, which compares our total public workforce costs with the economic benefits from our Center’s many employment outcomes for jobseekers, shows a benefit/cost ratio of 2:0, indicating that the public benefits derived from our local workforce programs were more than two times greater than the public costs needed to run these programs. This Study is a key measure of our contributions to the economic vitality of the Northern Virginia region. We help Northern Virginia work, and we welcome you to join us. 2 The COVID Pandemic had an immediate and dramatic impact on the Northern Virginia labor market, with office and school closures and many businesses were forced to reduce staff, change service delivery methods or to shut down entirely. Starting in March 2020 and increasing into calendar year 2021, employers throughout the Northern Virginia region struggled to meet customer needs while also maintaining the health and safety of their employees. With Federal and State Labor authorization, the Virginia Career Works Northern Board moved promptly to shift workforce services at the American Jobs Centers to virtual services, available through the Internet and telephone. As the Northern Virginia American Job Centers opened for

FAQs

What does the 2019-2022 outcomes report focus on?

It focuses on combined program outcomes from 2019 through 2022, covering both the COVID pandemic period and the first year of recovery for the Northern Virginia workforce system.

How did service delivery change during the COVID pandemic?

With federal and state authorization, the Northern Board shifted American Job Center services to virtual delivery via internet and telephone starting in 2020.

What were the main results of the Return to Earn initiative?

The region allocated $224,680, provided supports to 86 employers, and employers hired 413 new workers through the program.

Aug 30, 2026

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