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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. -
Post Training Program Continues in 2018
Since the start of New York’s Post Production Film Tax Credit in 2010, over 1,000 productions have applied for the credit, creating almost a million new jobs.
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Finding Opportunities in a Worker “Shortage”
As the trucking industry struggles to find new drivers, BWI’s Red Hook on the Road opens up careers in unionized industries like school buses and trucking for unemployed New Yorkers.
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Where Seasonal Work Can Be More than Just a Holiday Gig
Brooklyn e-commerce retailer UncommonGoods aims to guide its hundreds of temp workers toward year-round careers by partnering with workforce development organizations, including BWI.
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Job Training Programs Shouldn’t Overlook Small Businesses
Small businesses driving economic growth and job creation in cities nationwide, it’s time for smaller employers to become a larger part of the workforce equation by connecting with training programs.
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