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  • The Shops Where Trash Becomes Crafters' Treasure

    May 27, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    Creative reuse centers like Smart Art and Craft Supplies tackle waste reduction by redistributing donated art materials, simultaneously providing meaningful employment and inclusion opportunities for adults with disabilities.

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  • The women transforming tea fields into engines of change

    May 08, 2025 |

    FairPlanet |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Misiones

    Local organizations such as Mujeres Rurales Argentinas and the provincial Ministry of Agriculture's Gender Cabinet are empowering rural women through artisanal tea production. By offering training programs structured around women's caregiving schedules, creating spaces for gender-inclusive collaboration, and advocating for policy changes, these groups have helped increase women's leadership roles in tea production, as more than half of artisan producers are now women.

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  • Jobs for Life

    May 07, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Republic of Moldova

    Floare de Cires addresses the employment barriers people with disabilities face by training them in culinary and hospitality skills that help them integrate into the workforce and build a sense of independence.

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  • Local Governments Vie for Fired Federal Workers

    April 01, 2025 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States

    Following massive federal layoffs, city and state governments are courting former federal workers with highly specialized skills as a way to help shore up their staffing shortages. New York City, for example, has already hired 28 former federal employees, and Work for America, an organization working to match federal workers with state and local opportunities, currently has 168 candidates in the hiring process.

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  • Schools face a shortage of social workers – but Howard University has a plan that helps

    March 31, 2025 |

    Capital News Service Maryland |

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    Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

    Project PRESS, which stands for Preparing Responsive and Effective School Social Workers, addresses the social worker shortage in schools by motivating social work students to pursue careers as school social workers providing them with the proper training to do so. It’s a year-long program that focuses on staffing historically Black and low-income areas, and has placed 22 social workers in schools in its first year.

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  • Community connections: How Indianapolis partnered up when the Haitians came 

    March 04, 2025 |

    Haitian Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    In response to an influx of Haitian immigrants in the area, several Indianapolis community groups joined forces to support them. These groups connect them to English language services, job opportunities, advocacy support, and assistance in registering their children for school or getting a driver’s license, all while fostering a sense of community and connection.

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  • Trade union partnerships hold promise for high school students

    February 11, 2025 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Danvers, Massachusetts

    A partnership between Essex Tech North Shore Agricultural & Technical High School, and Local 22 trade union members is teaching students union norms and trade skills early in their career, connecting them to apprenticeships and greater career opportunities. Other states, including Maryland and Louisiana, have similar programs and students report feeling a greater sense of job security and that they can command higher pay from employers due to the expertise gained from the program.

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  • New work program in Atlantic City for homeless people

    November 27, 2024 |

    NJ Spotlight |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey

    The Hope Work Initiative by Atlantic City's Homeless Outreach Unit connects unhoused community members with temporary employment cleaning up the city streets for three days a week, making $75 a day.

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  • Driving unlicensed: The impact on South Dallas residents and the academy working to help

    November 26, 2024 |

    Dallas Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    The South Dallas Driving Academy offers a free driver’s education course for residents between the ages of 18 and 40 who are applying for their license for the first time. The month long program started three years ago and has since graduated 160 students, even offering a CDL license program for those who are interested.

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  • Hotline connects formerly incarcerated people with reentry resources

    October 08, 2024 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    In North Carolina, the Recidivism Reduction Call Center connects people who were formerly incarcerated with resources that will help them reenter their communities, like housing options and second chance employers.

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