Posts by Sandi Rosado
Towards Employment Receives Historic $2 Million Gift
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Adaora Schmiedl 216-696-7310 aschmiedl@towardsemployment.org Towards Employment Receives Historic $2 Million Gift March 19, 2024 – Today, Towards Employment received $2 Million, the largest gift in its 48-year history. MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced Towards Employment as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s awardees working with people and…
Read MoreYes, suspending driver’s licenses for unpaid debt is ‘absurd’: James Levin
A gavel is placed on its block in one of the courtrooms at the Cuyahoga County Court House, February 11, 2017.John Kuntz file photo | For cleveland.com Updated: Mar. 13, 2024, 5:56 a.m. Published: Mar. 13, 2024, 5:36 a.m. By Guest Columnist, cleveland.com Click here to view the full article at Cleveland.com CLEVELAND –…
Read MoreLinda Butts
Real people, Linda Butts Towards Employment Alumni I am living proof that you can come from nothing and be something.” I am a product of the foster care system, and I raised my children as a single Mom. I faced obstacles and I found resources. Now I get to tell how I did it. My…
Read MoreLaToria Davis
Real people, LaToria Davis Towards Employment Alumni Everybody has a story to tell.” And we don’t often look like what we’ve been through. When I was young, I dreamed of being a teacher – but that’s not me. I started off as a Housekeeper at University Hospitals, and I knew I wanted to grow. I…
Read MoreDaryl Rogers
Real people, Daryl Rogers Towards Employment Alumni You got to face it to fix it.” I come from generational incarceration. My father, my cousins, my sister, my brother. I was mentally incarcerated at 4 years old. I have a master’s degree in counselling, I could talk to people about their issues, but the person I…
Read MoreTiara Colbert
Real people, Tiara Colbert Community Health Worker UH Rainbow Center for Women & Children Towards Employment helps to build confidence. They gave me the reassurance that I can go a little bit further, that I can challenge myself to finish. They help remind people they’re not alone, that this is a process.” “Back in 2012…
Read MoreRichard Jackson
Real people, Richard Jackson Press Operator/Setter Talan Products I feel like without Towards Employment I would not be on the path that I’m on. I love my job.” “When I started, my short-term goal was to learn the press and the paperwork, and my long-term goal — which now I consider a short-term goal —…
Read MorePersonal View: Workforce development is much more than the first step up
Feb 5, 2024 By Heidi Gartland and Kim Shelnick Read the full article on Crain’s Cleveland Business Ken Blaze Getting talented, motivated people to join your organization – even if it wasn’t in their original plans to contribute to your field – is job one in workforce development. At University Hospitals, we have an incredible…
Read MoreLost Your License in Ohio Due to Debt? A New State Bill Might Fix That
A Marshall Project – Cleveland and News 5 report helped spark a bipartisan bill to end spiraling financial strain on hundreds of thousands of drivers. December 21, 2023 By Mark Puente, The Marshall Project and Tara Morgan, News 5 Cleveland This article was published in partnership with News 5 Cleveland. Read the full article at The Marshall…
Read MoreBipartisan SB 37 addresses nightmarish Catch-22 of debt-driven license suspensions
Published: Dec. 11, 2023, 2:54 p.m. By Joi Carter and Jill Rizika Read the article on Cleveland.com Ohio employers and workers could receive an early holiday present through Senate Bill 37, which would slash the number of driver’s licenses suspended for failure to pay fees and fines. Enacting SB 37 will help end what The…
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