To provide ongoing technical assistance to 700 women (50 percent low-income) to grow their businesses to scale; to foster the economic independence of low-income women through the growth of their own small businesses; and to create an outlet for experienced…
To engage and mobilize hundreds of workforce development practitioners and participants to advocate for improved system policies, and to develop a legislative agenda that increases state funding available for education and training for low-income people.
To gather data to document efforts by community development corporations to create or preserve job opportunities, and to use data to document accomplishments in workforce development and facilitate peer learning and collaboration.
To provide trainings and technical assistance to community-based providers, helping them to align services with needs of One Stop system, understand how to provide services in a voucher-based environment, and build relationships with One Stop centers both for referring and…
To support First Markets and Beyond: Expanding Markets for Rural Entrepreneurs, which will bring new resources and strategies to small rural business owners in their attempts to establish or expand markets or increase sales, and to overcome their isolation.
To work with Massachusetts health care institutions to create career ladders for health care workers; expand resources for job training programs for health care workers; and conduct outreach to 3,000 health care workers.
To develop a STRIVE program for individuals convicted of crimes and on probation or parole.
To support Innovations at Work, which will help participants construct long-term employment strategies, including increasing retention and wage gains over a 12-15 month period; and build capacity to improve program delivery and inform public policy.
To join Preservation Vermont in an exploratory trip to Cuba to discuss possible exchange with Cuban officials and Vermont preservationists, aimed at developing WomenBuild’s capacity to participate in Vermont preservation efforts and encouraging the participation of Cuban women in preservation…
To assess 150-200 long-term welfare recipients and hard-to-employ individuals for job readiness and placement with Greyston-affiliated companies and local employers; and to place 58 from this group in full-time jobs earning at least $7.00/hour and help them stay in jobs…