The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provides national leadership to address issues of juvenile justice and child victimization through research, grants, and training and technical assistance (TTA). OJJDP created the National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC) in 1995 to coordinate resources and providers, increase TTA responsiveness to constituent needs, and promote the use of best practices and standards in TTA assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation. 

MSG works with employers, educators, and workforce organizations to design customized Registered Apprenticeship (RA) programs. By promoting access to RA for career advancement, we help employers upskill talent, boost retention, and build a highly skilled workforce in supply chain automation and advanced manufacturing.

MSG assisted over 20 states in advancing Career Pathways systems to transition low-skilled adults to postsecondary education and employment. Technical assistance includes operating the Career Pathways Exchange, a biweekly newsletter with over 1,000 subscribers that consolidated and distributed Career Pathways-related resources, events, and information.

The project was an effort by DOL to assess its quality in program data reported by states, mitigate challenges presented by incomplete data, and take steps to improve the quality and scope of data collection. MSG staff assessed the needs of the WIOA programs, gathered best practices in data quality, and developed TA products for WIOA programs to use to improve demographic data quality throughout the public workforce system.

MSG provided technical and logistical support services for the National Assessment Governing Board to ensure strong collaboration across committee members and staff, clearly communicate its work to the public, and foster buy-in from varied stakeholders. MSG provides content area expertise to conduct assessment framework reviews, produces analytic reports using National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data, and shares findings with the general public.

MSG provided comprehensive support to the Office of Innovation and Improvement for the Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) Program. MSG provided support for pre-application meeting; secured grant panel reviewers; set up forms and assigned reviewers, applications, and monitors to panels within G5; provided oversight during the electronic review process; and prepared application data for data.gov.

MSG worked with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career & Adult Technical Education (OCTAE) to support their goal of expanding and supporting evidenced-based reading instruction in regional and local adult basic education programs that fulfill select state requirements under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. MSG designed and delivered intensive training and technical assistance to streamline the trainer certification and recertification process by developing and delivering 30 online modules and face-to-face meetings.