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  • Job Training Synced With Childcare Gets Boston Mothers Into New Careers

    Sandra Larson

    February 14, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    For women looking to acquire new jobs skills, access to childcare can transform their opportunities. Generations Advancing Together through Education is a Boston-based program that provides job training for women along with free childcare, with the goal of placing the women in higher-paid employment. So far, 45 women have benefitted from the program.

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  • The Pivot

    Donte Kirby

    January 17, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Opportunities Industrialization Center, a decades-old job training program in Philadelphia, has revamped its job support by implementing a new partnership with Bankwork$. The partnership will help graduates of the finance-oriented training program increase their earning potential by being placed in local banking jobs at major institutions. The Bankwork$ program has had over 2000 successful graduates across the United States, with 13 students in Philadelphia’s first graduating class.

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  • Giving Building Materials and Ex-Inmates a Second Chance in Baltimore

    Johnny Magdaleno

    January 13, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Ex-offenders who get re-entry training and job opportunities are significantly less likely to wind up back in jail. A manufacturer called Brick + Board in east Baltimore hires employees with histories of incarceration. The company helps ex-offenders while also giving construction materials a second life in new projects.

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  • Restarting Your Career After Caring for Family

    Hoda Emam

    December 21, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    For people who have taken significant time off from their careers to care for their family, jumping into the work world is full of challenges. Reboot Accel is a Silicon Valley-based bootcamp for women looking to re-enter the workforce. So far, the program has helped 750 women jumpstart the next phase of their careers, and there are now bootcamps happening all over the country to help women develop and market their skills.

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  • Impatient With Colleges, Employers Design Their Own Courses

    Jon Marcus

    December 18, 2017 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    When a Microsoft employee decided to develop a new data analytics degree program at Eastern Washington University, it was only one year until classes were up and running. While an estimated 1.8 million new tech jobs will be created between 2014 and 2024, universities are only graduating 28,000 computer science graduates per year. Companies like Microsoft have become increasingly impatient with higher education's slow adaptation to changing industry needs and have responded with their own course materials and online learning programs.

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  • Healthcare in Montana: Tribal Efforts To Heal the Consequences Of Old Wounds

    Qainat Khan

    December 15, 2017 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Flathead Reservation, Montana

    Salish Kootenai College has opened an Allied Health Department to train members of several tribes on the Flathead Reservation in Montana. The goal of this new department is to train members of these Native American tribes in healthcare support occupations such as EMT and Medical Assistant to meet a growing demand for these roles in local clinics.

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  • A Crisis Line That Calms With Texting and Data

    David Bornstein

    December 12, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Anxiety, suicidal ideation, and depression are all alarmingly prevalent amongst Americans. Crisis Text Line lets you text immediately with a crisis counsellor when you need someone to talk to. The organization is growing and 86% of users report that the conversations are helpful.

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  • Lessons learned: Hiring ex-offenders pays off, but the workers need help

    Jane M. Von Bergen

    November 27, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    How do you find a job when you get out of prison? For some, it’s almost impossible. But, UpLift Solutions trains former offenders, and if they pass the six week course, they get hired at ShopRite, a grocery store. For some, the program is life changing.

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  • Sexual Assault Response in Southern Oregon

    Dave Miller

    November 17, 2017 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

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    Response Location: United States, Ashland, Oregon

    Oregon’s Ashland Police Department has implemented a new program to make reporting sexual assault a safer, more accessible process. The “You Have Options” program teaches officers how to respond to those volunteering information by showing appreciation, listening, and making sure they feel in control. The program has spread across the United States, with Ashland officers providing training to other departments.

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  • How ex-offenders get a second chance and a new career in rural Tennessee. Is it a model for Philly?

    Jane M. Von Bergen

    November 11, 2017 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Winchester, Tennessee

    In rural Tennessee the unemployment rate can be very high, making it hard for inmates to find jobs upon their release, which then increases the rate of recidivism. The Rural Reentry Program has set up training programs for inmates while in jail in order for them to earn their certification and then find work at a local factory. This effort helps lower recidivism and balances the cost of imprisonment.

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