Rapid Response and workforce boards
When a layoff hits your region, send the workers one link
NextChapter is the leading job transition platform. Each worker gets full job search tools with local jobs on top, career support and the AI skills their best-fit employers ask for. You see how many signed up and how many stayed in your region, never who.
The demo takes about a minute and uses your region’s real WARN notices and job data. We ask for a work email so the demo is yours. The workspace is free for up to 50 active members.
The layoffs we track right now
3,287
layoffs tracked
From 49 states, since February 2025.
2,273
layoffs filed or reported in 2026
335,562 workers named in them.
251
new layoffs in the last 30 days
35,750 workers, in 40 states.
How we count: layoff and plant-closing notices filed under the WARN Act with state labor departments, plus layoffs reported elsewhere where no filing exists. Updated daily. See every one on the layoff tracker.
Inside the workspace
Layoffs with seats Sample data
A seat gives each affected worker the full job search tools, and you see how many signed up, never who. The people and numbers are invented.
Program dashboard Sample data
Each count says who it covers: participants who joined and, for outcomes, those who chose to share. The people and numbers are invented.
Admin overview Sample data
It shows the member limit, the staff and the services you list, so an administrator sees what the workspace holds before anything else. The people and numbers are invented.
How it works
Set up the layoff
When an employer announces a layoff, you give its affected workers seats and get a public sign-up page to share.
Workers sign up from one link
Each worker gets the full job search tools, with jobs near your region at the top. They see the AI skills their best-fit employers ask for that they lack, with a course for each.
You see the counts
You see how many workers signed up, how many landed and how many stayed in your region. Small groups are held back, and you never see who.
Plans
The free workspace is listed at the top. The Program plan adds what a program needs at scale. Talk to us about it.
Free workspace
FreeWorkforce boards, economic development organizations, chambers and community organizations, after a verified claim
- Created when someone at your organization claims your page with a work email at your email domain
- Up to 50 active members
- Your own page on NextChapter
- Your own services listed for the people you serve
- Basic counts of participants and activity
Program plan
Workforce organizations that need reporting at scale
- Everything in the free workspace
- Reporting and exports
- Exchange of records with your CRM
- More active members
- Staff roles
- An audit log of staff activity
- NextChapter coaching and courses offered to the people you serve
- Program reporting, scoped with you
Add-ons: AI training for career services.
Every plan for every portal is on the plans page.
Questions
What happens when a layoff is announced?
You give the affected workers seats and share one sign-up page. Each worker gets the full job search tools, with local jobs ranked at the top. You see how many signed up, never who.
Can you report how many workers stayed in our region?
Yes, for workers who choose to share their outcome. Any group smaller than 5 is held back. NextChapter is not a system of record for federal reporting. It does not match wage records or produce PIRL files.
What do workers get for AI skills?
A library of courses from outside providers and live counts of the AI-skill jobs open now, at https://launchyournextchapter.com/ai-skills. A course built for your region or a specific layoff is scoped with you.
What do the workers pay?
Job seekers use the core job search tools without paying. The Alumni plan and coaching are optional for them.
Build your demo, or talk it through with us
Build a demo for your region at https://launchyournextchapter.com/demo/workforce. To talk it through, send us a message and we will set up 15 minutes.
Talk to us
NextChapter is built by Justin Kulla, a founder who has spent nearly 20 years building and investing in education and workforce technology.