Path Forward 2022 Annual Report 0623 v1 - Flipbook - Page 2
PAT H F O R WA R D 2 0 2 2 A N N U A L R E P O R T
Letter from Executive Director
As 2022 began, we were nearing the two year
mark since the pandemic closed schools and
day-care centers across the country
and drove millions of women
with caregiving responsibilities
out of the paid workforce.
An entire generation of
progress in women’s workforce
participation had been erased
in just two years.
For those women who wanted or
needed to reenter the paid workforce, the
looming two year mark was significant. Studies
have shown that the chances of getting an
interview fall by more than 50% for those with
career breaks of more than two years. At Path
Forward, we felt a renewed sense of urgency
to expand our work with employers to build
programs that combat this bias around career
breaks and create opportunities for caregivers
returning to the workforce.
We are deeply grateful to the 53 employers who
partnered with us in 2022 to hire and support
returners, and we extend a special welcome to
the 20 employers—including Microsoft, PepsiCo
and the Walt Disney Company—who hosted
returners for the first time. Together we achieved
a 33% increase in program hiring year over year
and passed the milestone of 1,000 returners hired
into our programs.
With awareness of the need to bring women
back to the workforce at an all time high, we
were thrilled to be featured on the TODAY show.
The segment showcased Path Forward’s work
through the lens of three different women from
our community who were at various stages in
their return to work journey. This public spotlight
contributed to the surge in the number of
returning caregivers seeking our services in 2022,
and we responded with more programming than
ever. Nearly 13,000 returners attended the 24
different events we hosted, including educational
webinars, employer roundtables, and new
interactive workshops that we created to help
prepare returners for interviews.
Why our mission matters
10 million people
2 million women
are currently out
of the workforce
for caregiving.
have left the
workforce since
2020 to attend
to caregiving
and family
responsibilities.
12:1 Ratio of
women to men
who are not
working due to
caregiving.
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A 2018 UNC study
showed that caregivers
were half as likely to
get a callback if they
indicated that their
career gap was for
caregiving.
The labor force
participation
rate for women
was 56.8
percent in
2022.