Igniting A Spark to Build Community Wealth in Stockton
Stoking the embers of human potential
The goal? Accelerate investments into community-driven development.
“…there must be efforts focused on transforming the area’s skills development system to create new opportunities”
— Workforce Development Action Plan, 2018
In 2018, public and private partners, including University of the Pacific’s Center for Business and Policy Research (CBPR), created a Workforce Development Action Plan that highlighted improvements necessary for Stockton to thrive economically – citing limited human capital attainment and increases in the cost of living without concomitant wage increases.
As a result, the Embers Project is designed to address and invest in human capital development. In Stockton, there are a range of multi-faceted needs: whether that’s strengthening the capabilities of community-owned assets, workforce and small business innovation, or infrastructure and land access.
Read on for how we aim to support the community in building these capabilities, on the road to architecting a more inclusive economy.
Community Needs Index in Stockton
Understanding community need by the data
The purpose of the index is to provide local groups with census tract-level data to inform their thinking and direction-setting on the need for and focus of possible community development institutions and related projects in Stockton.
More specifically, in the CNI, we highlight why these regions in Stockton demonstrate the most statistical need for community development.