Future Plans, Inc.
Access First: Reimagining Workplace Culture for Rural Women
The project creates a community-rooted, evidence-based model, expanding the definition of workplace culture to include the conditions that shape women's ability to participate in work.
"Access First" reframes "workplace culture" for rural women. While addressing challenges to retention and advancement, it begins one step upstream. In many rural communities, women cannot engage with workplace culture at all because they cannot access the workforce in the first place. The project will design, test, and codify an "access first" rural culture model, aligning community practices, employer norms, and education/training systems around women's real lives - particularly in pathways to critical and emerging technologies.
Primary Barrier
The Broken Rung
Location
Ohio
Solution Region
East North Central
Community Type
Rural
Annual Operating Budget
$10.1 to 25 Million
