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How a corporate partner is helping YouthBuild Philly students become ‘green leaders’ in construction

YouthBuild Philly students
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
... since 2010 to provide materials and hands-on job training for students working in YouthBuild Philly’s building trades ... outside the classroom and exposure to career options. But for some of the students involved in the building trades ...
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Connelly and William Penn Foundations announce major support of workforce initiative

UCD Green City Works
Friday, December 20, 2019
... social enterprise. The expansion also includes work with Temple University's Lenfest North Philadelphia ... Philadelphia parks while also establishing a new model for parks maintenance that creates and sustains growth-oriented jobs that pay living-wage for neighborhood residents. The grant will support Parks and ...

City Announces $1 Million Investment in Organizations Developing Innovative Workforce Solutions

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
... awarded $1 million from Workforce Solutions Grant for innovative solutions to support un- and under-employed ... historically disadvantaged residents face when preparing for and entering the workforce. Through the Workforce ... we face today are also an opportunity to change course and work harder to deliver true equity for all Philadelphians,” ...
14Jul2020

Workforce Development Panel Discussion

Tuesday, July 14, 2020
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Video Conference
... who will discuss research findings and opportunities for engagement. Speakers include: Keith Wardrip, Community ...

City announces first round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund grant recipients

Kensington Community Resilience Fund
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
... the greater Kensington community. “It was a privilege to work with like-minded stakeholders that are mission driven to ... and Fairhill neighborhoods. The KCR Fund is a game changer for empowering civic groups and residents by providing them ... Simple Way Urban Extreme Youth Development Youth United for Change "The 20 nonprofit organizations that will receive ...

GSK awards Greater Philadelphia nonprofits making a dynamic IMPACT on health outcomes

GSK
Thursday, November 15, 2018
... @philahune Healthy NewsWorks @healthynewswks Institute for the Development of African-American Youth, Inc. @idaayinc Justice At Work @JusticeAtWorkPA PAR-Recycle Works @PARRecycleWorks Youth United for Change @YUCPhilly The winners were selected by a panel of ...
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Citizens Bank Teams with LISC Across Workforce Development Initiatives

Wednesday, November 14, 2018
... Philadelphia, Providence while expanding pilot program for career development NEW YORK and PROVIDENCE, RI (November ... of employment services designed to help people to find work, move up from minimum wage jobs and stabilize their ... training and career coaching they need to compete for jobs in fast-growing fields such as health care. ”It is ...
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The Alliance for Health Equity Invests $225,000 over two years in Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc. at Chester County (OIC) for the Coatesville Homelessness and Unemployment Collective

The Alliance for Health Equity
Friday, December 17, 2021
(Coatesville, Pennsylvania) - The Alliance for Health Equity (AHE) is pleased to announce a two-year ... Industrialization Center Inc. at Chester County (OIC) for the Coatesville Homelessness and Unemployment ... Three primary goals were established to guide the work of the Coatesville Collective’s use of an ...

Rebuild announces 21 nonprofits qualified as Project Users

Rebuild
Friday, November 17, 2017
... been qualified as Project Users, the entities responsible for managing Rebuild projects.  These qualified nonprofits, which were selected through a Request for Qualification process, will be eligible to apply for Rebuild grants.  Grantees will work closely with the City and with local businesses to make ...

Philadelphia Receives $5 Million in JPMorgan Chase’s AdvancingCities Challenge

Thursday, October 8, 2020
... Construction can offer family-sustaining careers for workers without college degrees, but women and people of ... disparities also exist in access to capital and contracts for businesses led by women and people of color. Many of ... construction jobs on Rebuild sites. The group will also work with the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades ...

City Appoints New Executive Director of Rebuild

Kira Strong
Friday, January 3, 2020
For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 2, 2020 Contact: ... November, and before that, as Rebuild’s Deputy Director for Design and Construction, leading over $126 million of new ... and libraries. I look forward to building on the great work our team is doing to deliver excellent facilities in a ...

Pew Announces $6.8M in Grants Supporting Philadelphia Region's Vulnerable Adults

Monday, May 4, 2020
... independence and stability; helping people with limited work skills obtain employment through education, training, ... said Kristin Romens, project director of the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services in Philadelphia, which has ... the share of these individuals in the region.” “For 29 years, Pew has been pleased to support local agencies ...
14May2019

Workforce Development Panel Discussion

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
9:00am - 10:30am
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia
... Network Greater Philadelphia invites you to join us for a workforce development panel discussion on May 14th, ...

City Announces $300,000 in Grants for Third Round of the Kensington Community Resilience Fund

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
... today announced the launch of the 2023 grant cycle for the  Kensington Community Resilience Fund (KCR Fund) , a ... during the first and second grant cycles. New for this cycle is an operating and facilitation partnership ... as much flexibility as possible to carry out their work supporting the Kensington community. Organizations must ...

William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
... grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how our grantmaking ... Board of Directors has set the new direction for our grant programs and the way we’ll operate in the ...
15Feb2023

Chester County Funders Community of Practice: Blueprint Report on the Status of Women and Girls in Chester County

Wednesday, February 15, 2023
8:30am - 10:30am
Video Conference
Join the next Chester County Funders Community of Practice for a conversation with Kimberly Andrews, Executive Director of the Fund for Women and Girls. Kimberly will share highlights from the ... needed across eight key areas:  Employment and Earnings; Work and Family; Educational Disparities; Poverty and ...

Seeking to Build Community, Philadelphia Invests $500M in Recreational Spaces

FDR Park
Friday, September 22, 2017
... associations known as advisory councils “raise funds for programming, and increasingly for basics like air conditioning and new floors.” While ... etiquette classes.” They do the hard relational work. This supports tailored programming, but it also leaves ...

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