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Towards Employment brings National Attention and over $4M to CLE and NEO
Media Contact: Adaora Schmiedl 216-401-6883 aschmiedl@towardsemployment.org For Immediate Release Towards Employment brings National Attention and over $4M to CLE and NEO July 12, 2024 – CLEVELAND – Summer is starting with a bang for Cleveland workforce organization Towards Employment, with recent national awards that are bringing over $4 million in national funding to northeast…
Over 1 million Ohioans with criminal records are eligible to have their records sealed: What are we waiting for?
Published July 2024 in Policy Pulse, A Towards Employment Newsletter Article written by guest author Patrick Higgins The Getting Rehabilitated Ohioans Working (“GROW”) Act, House Bill 460, is a legislative solution to an issue that is widespread throughout Ohio: the pervasiveness of criminal records long after a person has served whatever penalty was imposed for…
Real-Time Takes: GROW Act – Collateral Sanctions: Record Sealing
Real-Time Takes A Policy Blogcast GROW ACT – Collateral Sanctions: Record Sealing Interview with Jane Doe This TE Alumni has opted to remain anonymous for this article. July 11, 2024 Interview and article by Gabrielle Fortin For nearly a decade, Jane Doe made “bad decisions, with bad people, in bad places”. She was convicted with…
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AWARDS OVER $56M IN GRANTS TO HELP JUSTICE-INVOLVED PEOPLE GET NEEDED JOB TRAINING, PREPARE THEM FOR RETURN TO COMMUNITIES
Pathway Home funding provides people with skills valued by local employers View at the Department of Labor website. WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $56 million in grants to help reduce recidivism and assist people in re-entering their communities after being incarcerated. The award of Pathway Home 5…
Real-Time Takes: STARs – Success Stories Despite the Odds
Real-Time Takes A Policy Blogcast STARs – Success Stories Despite the Odds Interview with Chrissy Adams and Joan Crosby July 1, 2024 Interview by Brian Balogh & Gabrielle Fortin Written by Gabrielle Fortin Did you know that if you are at least 25, have a high-school diploma but not a four-year degree, and are currently…
Opportunity@Work Awards $2 Million to Organizations Accelerating Economic Mobility for Workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs)
NEWS PROVIDED BY Opportunity@Work Jun 25, 2024, 09:00 ET Read the full article at PR Newswire National nonprofit’s latest grant program recognizes eight training and talent development providers committed to helping STARs access career opportunities in high-growth fields WASHINGTON, June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — National economic mobility nonprofit Opportunity@Work today announced eight recipients of its Powering…
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