What happens when you give the people doing this work — the case managers, employment specialists, navigators, and vocational counselors who show up every day for job seekers rebuilding their lives — the tools, language, and community to do it even better?

The Workforce Practitioners Academy, a professional development initiative run in partnership with WorkSource Seattle–King County, celebrated this cohort’s program graduation to strengthen the skills and professional practice of frontline workforce staff across the region.