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Help on the way: Towards Employment secures $4 million in grants to facilitate workforce equity
Both grants will help provide pre-release and post-release employment and educational resources for individuals transitioning out of incarceration Thursday, July 18, 2024 By Karin Connelly Rice Read the full article at FreshWater Summer is heating up for Cleveland workforce organization Towards Employment (TE), which just received more than $4 million from two national grant funders to help…
Read MoreTowards Employment brings National Attention and over $4M to CLE and NEO
Media Contact: Adaora Schmiedl 216-401-6883 aschmiedl@towardsemployment.org For Immediate Release Towards Employment brings National Attention and over $4M to CLE and NEO July 12, 2024 – CLEVELAND – Summer is starting with a bang for Cleveland workforce organization Towards Employment, with recent national awards that are bringing over $4 million in national funding to northeast…
Read MoreDepartment of Labor Awards Over $56M in Grants to Help Justice-Involved People Get Needed Job Training, Prepare Them for Return to Communities
Pathway Home funding provides people with skills valued by local employers View at the Department of Labor website. WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $56 million in grants to help reduce recidivism and assist people in re-entering their communities after being incarcerated. The award of Pathway Home 5…
Read MoreAgainst the Odds: Towards Employment alums to share their stories at A Chance to Advance fundraiser
Published June 11, 2024 By Jo Donofrio Read the full article at FreshWater Ronnie Cannon, Courtesy of Towards Employment For Ronnie Cannon, the work he does as senior manager of community engagement at Towards Employment is personal. He was an average kid but made some of bad decisions. Cannon was only 16 years old when he was…
Read MoreEarly bird special: Towards Employment fundraiser offers ticket discounts, California trip raffle
Monday, May 06, 2024 FreshWater Staff Read the full article at FreshWater Cleveland For nearly 50 years, Towards Employment has given people the tools they need to find and develop meaningful careers. With a focus on racial justice, skills training, job placement and support, the nonprofits agency helps hundreds of people each year. To give Clevelanders a…
Read MoreWhen MacKenzie Scott Calls
Published May 3, 2024 at 4:38 PM EDT Listen to the full recording and read more at Ideastream Last month, billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced she was gifting $640 million to 361 small nonprofits out of 6,000 that responded to an open call for applications. It was another round of jaw-dropping and transformative gifts that Scott…
Read MoreThe Sound of Ideas: TE Segment
Published April 9, 2024 at 5:00 AM By Jay Shah Read the full article at Ideastream It is safe to say that Monday may have eclipsed — pun intended — any opportunity many have had or will have of a collective experience from a celestial event this year and for the next 75 years in Ohio…
Read More3 Cleveland nonprofits receive $2M donation from Mackenzie Scott
Posted at 8:01 PM, Mar 21, 2024 and last updated 8:01 PM, Mar 21, 2024 By: Maya Morita Read the full article and see the full video at News 5 Cleveland Mackenzie Scott, a philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeffrey Bezos, has been donating millions of dollars to nonprofit organizations, some of which are in Northeast Ohio.…
Read MoreTowards Employment one of four local organizations to receive MacKenize Scott funds
Monday, March 25, 2024 FreshWater Staff Read the full article at FreshWater Cleveland Courtesy of Towards Employment Towards Employment, which offers job skill training and development to increases opportunities for workers, announced last week that it had received the largest gift in its 48-year history—$2 Million from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Towards Employment is one of…
Read MoreMacKenzie Scott gives millions to 4 Cleveland nonprofits
Posted: Mar 19, 2024 / 10:19 PM EDT Updated: Mar 20, 2024 / 04:26 PM EDT Fox 8 News Cleveland Read the Full Article on Fox 8 Billionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday she is giving $640 million to 361 small nonprofits that responded to an open call for applications. Click here to…
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