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  • Productive Discomfort: A Job Training Program for Single Moms That Centers Mental Health | Death, Sex & Money | WNYC Studios

    December 06, 2023 |

    WNYC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    A job training program for single moms experiencing poverty, called Climb Wyoming, runs 14, 12-week training sessions per year. The program provides wraparound support for the moms alongside the skills training, including mental health support, life skills training, and help navigating the criminal justice system.

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  • For People in Prison, Career Training Begins in a Virtual World

    October 09, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Transfr is a tech company that provides free virtual reality job training and education to help facilitate employment opportunities. Transfr specifically focuses on providing these opportunities for disadvantaged people in places like domestic violence shelters, mental health clinics, juvenile detention centers and state correctional institutions where access to skill-building and further education is often hard to access. So far Transfr has 30 partnerships across 18 states.

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  • Woman-led non-profit sparking hope in Borno communities

    August 14, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri, Borno State

    The Advocacy for Human Value Foundation works to protect vulnerable communities — like women and children — in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps due to the Boko Haram crises. The Foundation has addressed fundamental community needs by increasing access to water and hygiene facilities, healthcare services, educational opportunities, safety practices and has even partnered with entrepreneurs to empower women with profitable skills and small grants to help make them more independent.

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  • Beside the Waves, Beneath the Palms: the S.I.S.P. Story

    July 13, 2023 |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Kovalam, Kerala

    The Sebastian Indian Social Projects (SISP) works with socio-economically disadvantaged communities, providing social services like healthcare and employment assistance with a primary focus on educating youth. SISP has focused on educating the local female population, which has helped empower them economically and led to several women receiving jobs outside of their village. SISP has also educated several students who were forced to drop out of traditional school and provides supplementary activities along with their standard education, such as skating and coding clubs.

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  • This Coffee Shop Aids In Re-Entry, But Struggles To Find Its Own Stability

    May 30, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Hamilton, Ohio

    The Fringe coffee shop in Hamilton, Ohio, employs people who were formerly incarcerated as part of a re-entry program. The shop owners work with each employee to create a re-entry plan that can include things like therapy, addiction and recovery meetings, tutoring and education, and even free tattoo removal.

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  • The Matriarchs Who Helped Seattle's Urban Native Population

    May 11, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The Seattle Indian Center, originally started by the matriarchs of the American Indian Women’s Service League, provides Native people in need with resources like food, clothing, financial and employment assistance, community outreach services and a sense of community where their heritage and culture are recognized.

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  • "Only 20 out of 50 people managed to get a job": what is wrong with work for deaf Ukrainians, and what are the solutions

    May 05, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Ukraine

    The Ukrainian Society of the Deaf offers employment opportunities and workplace support for people with hearing impairments, which has become especially important for people displaced by the war. The society's help extends throughout the job-hunting process, from helping people retrieve documents necessary for job applications to attending interviews with them to interpret and communicate with potential employers.

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  • Philly's New Violence Intervention Program Focuses On Stability And Support

    May 04, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A community violence intervention program modeled after READI is beginning in Philadelphia to connect high-risk individuals who were victims of violence or formerly incarcerated with basic needs services like therapy, employment, and housing assistance to reduce violence and recidivism. Holistic approaches like READI have already proven effective as half of participants are still working full time a year after attending the program and the program’s experimental group saw a 79% reduction in arrests for shootings and homicide.

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  • Forging Pathways to Land Access for BIPOC Farmers in Georgia

    March 02, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Georgia

    It can be difficult to find and afford farmland in the United States, so a web tool called Georgia FarmLink connects disadvantaged farmers to landowners and resources for help with legal and business advice.

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  • Job perspectives in prison

    February 01, 2023 |

    Lëtzebuerger Journal |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Luxembourg

    The non-profit défi-job offers incarcerated people with permission to leave the semi-open prison for their working hours employment contracts to create new, more fulfilling job opportunities, as well as necessary skills training. The group also accompanies people during their job search to help them find permanent forms of employment. Data has shown that at the end of the contract, 90% of employees have found work in the first or second labor market.

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