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Updates, articles, and videos from and about Blue Meridian Partners, our investees, and the field.

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Jul 23, 2024

Forever Family: Advocate helps foster kids find forever homes

A local news channel features an adoption recruiter from Blue Meridian Partners' investee, Wendy's Wonderful Kids-- an organization with a highly scalable recruitment model for matching the hardest‐to‐place children with their forever homes.

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Jul 17, 2024

Ventura Training Center gives the formerly incarcerated fire crews a second chance at life

A local news channel spotlights a a training program for justice-impacted individuals to become firefighters in their community with the support of Blue Meridian Partners' investee, the Anti-Recidivism Coalition.

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Jul 15, 2024

Leaders break ground on new affordable housing units in Russell neighborhood

WLKY covers Blue Meridian Partners Place Matters' investee Louisville Urban League's successful launch of a new housing project designed to help future residents achieve economic mobility.

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Jul 15, 2024

Philanthropists embrace collaborative funding to multiply their impact

Financial Times reports on the rising trend of large-scale collaborative funding and Blue Meridian Partners' role in it's origin and growth.

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Jul 8, 2024

Michigan wants to improve ‘imperfect’ post-adoption support for families

Detroit Free Press spotlights Blue Meridian Partners' investee Wendy's Wonderful Kids and how their programs improve outcomes for adopted children and their families.

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Jul 8, 2024

Governor Moore Announces Initiative to Promote Student Success and Economic Mobility Through Support for Community Colleges

Governor Wes Moore of Maryland announces a new partnership with investee MDRC to enhance college completion rates in the state.

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Jul 6, 2024

Why Applications To Historically Black Colleges Are Surging

Forbes explores the increase in college applications and donations to HBCUs and the crucial role these universities play in empowering student success.

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Jun 27, 2024

Bakers turn to marginalized groups to solve labor shortages and make a difference

Baking Business spotlights a partnership between a local bakery and Blue Meridian Partner's investee, Rubicon Programs, to support employment opportunities for vulnerable populations.

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Jun 26, 2024

Could the best-kept secret to homeownership reside in a 30-year-old federal program?

Boston Globe illustrates how a collaboration between federal funds, local housing authorities, and organizations such as Compass Working Capital can help more people utilize the Family Self Sufficiency program and achieve economic mobility.

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Jun 24, 2024

Data to Support Employment for Formerly Incarcerated

In their latest press release, QSIDE Institute announces a collaboration that will support research around effective practices for hiring people with criminal records.