Main Street Assembly led the development of an organization-wide small business strategy for Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national, mission-driven workforce development organization. The work focused on aligning JFF’s workforce mission with the realities of small businesses, identifying where the organization could add the greatest value, and defining a clear path from strategy to pilot and long-term impact.

In partnership with Jobs for the Future (JFF), Main Street Assembly developed a practical framework to help small businesses provide quality jobs while remaining competitive in the post-COVID labor market. The effort focused on identifying job-quality practices that meaningfully improve worker outcomes and rigorously testing them against the financial, operational, and capacity constraints small businesses face—ensuring the framework was realistic, adoptable, and sustainable.