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Apr 24, 2024
Aswad Thomas on Expanding Resources for Survivors of Crime and Promoting Public Safety
Aswad Thomas of the Alliance for Safety and Justice speaks with C-SPAN about expanding resources for survivors of crime, promoting public safety, and criminal justice reform.
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Apr 24, 2024
Justice and Mobility Fund awards $14.5 million to Jobs for the Future
Philanthropy News Digest reports on the Justice and Mobility Fund's recent investment in Jobs for the Future's Center for Justice and Economic Advancement.
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Apr 23, 2024
Jobs for the Future Awarded $14.5M to Advance Economic Mobility for People with Records
Jobs for the Future announces a $14.5 million investment from the Justice and Mobility Fund to to expand its work to promote education, training, and fair chance employment for people with records.
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Apr 22, 2024
Forming A Public-Private Partnership To Scale Your Nonprofit’s Mission
Rita Soronen, CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and a Forbes Councils Member, shares how public-private partnerships have been critical in helping the Foundation scale its signature Wendy's Wonderful Kids program.
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Apr 22, 2024
Unpaid rent in low-income housing skyrocketed, evictions may be next
In an article on housing, the Seattle Times cites PolicyLink's Selena Tan.
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Apr 19, 2024
A pathway for returning citizens to living-wage trucking industry careers
Working Nation interviews Jason Wang of FreeWorld and Dane Worthington of the Center for Employment Opportunities about how their organizations are partnering to expand pathways to well-paying careers for justice-impacted people.
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Apr 16, 2024
OneSpartanburg announces the launch of Re:Degree
A South Carolina-based news outlet reports on the launch of Re:Degree, a program led by OneSpartanburg, Inc. and supported by the Spartanburg Academic Movement that aims to break barriers to degree completion for adults across Spartanburg County.
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Apr 16, 2024
Geoffrey Canada thinks San Antonio can save the ‘COVID kids’ through education
The San Antonio Report highlights keynote remarks made by Geoffrey Canada, who uplifts the Future Ready Bexar County plan as an example of visionary, place-based work that has the potential to transform the greater San Antonio area.
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Apr 15, 2024
It Takes a Village: Improving Student Retention through Collaborative Partnerships
Writing for Faculty Focus, Dr. Dimple J. Martin, director of the Quality Enhancement Plan at Miles College, describes his institution's partnership with the United Negro College Fund, InsideTrack, and the HBCU Transformation Project.
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Apr 11, 2024
Women-owned businesses fuel the economy but still receive less funding than men
Grameen America CEO, Andrea Jung, joins MSNBC's Morning Joe to share the organization's new initiative, launched with support from Blue Meridian Partners, that will support over 750,000 women-owned businesses across the US over the next 10 years.