We are currently at a critical inflection point: 70+ million Americans are excluded from the workforce because they don’t have a four-year degree or have been impacted by the criminal justice system. Meanwhile, employers across the country are struggling to find and keep talent — especially in frontline roles. Through our Make the Case campaign, we are telling the stories of how leading employers leveraged untapped talent to solve critical business needs while transforming lives and communities in the process.

The AdvoKit: A Toolkit to Create Strong Employer Partnerships and Push for Inclusive Change is our two-part approach for cultivating relationships with employers and becoming a trusted advisor to shift their practices around recruitment, hiring, and advancement for talent pools that have previously been overlooked for quality employment.

Millions of Americans have ambitions to advance their careers and move out of frontline roles; yet many do not see a pathway to get there. Recently, Cara Plus executed one of the largest national studies on frontline worker upward mobility, Bridging the Advancement Gap: What Frontline Employees Want – and What Employers Think They Want, thanks to analysis from Cara Plus and McKinsey & Company.