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Press Archive
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Governor Cuomo Announces $2.3 Million Awarded to Help Train 825 New Yorkers
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s office announces nine New York City-based organizations have been awarded $2.3 million as part of the state’s historic $175 million Workforce Development Initiative, including BWI for its CDL training.
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Low-income New Yorkers in line for affordable housing jobs
Enterprise Community Partners and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) awarded a grant to Brooklyn Workforce Innovations (BWI) and others as part of the Housing Career Pathways initiative.
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How to spread Brooklyn’s ‘Innovation Economy’
Industry stakeholders, including BWI’s Aaron Shiffman, gathered to discuss facing challenges and maintaining momentum in Brooklyn’s “innovation economy.”
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Breaking Down Barriers to Employment
BWI is recognized as an organization “reducing roadblocks that women, people of color, people with disabilities and others face in obtaining quality and consistent employment.” Our Executive Director speaks on that topic.
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Citi Foundation Announces Recipients of National $20 Million Community Progress Makers Fund
BWI is announced as one of 40 nonprofit organizations selected as recipients of the 2018 Community Progress Makers Fund. The $20 million grant initiative supports visionary nonprofit organizations.
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Promising Strategies from a Donor Collaborative
This brief documents the implementation of an economic mobility initiative supported by New York City’s Change Capital
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Fund and draws on interviews with funders and grantees to offer insights on the effective operation of an innovative “democratic” donor collaborative.
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