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Take 5: #SocInn News Links: 5/23/14

Here’s five interesting #SocInn links we’re clicking on today. Today, they're all recent posts written by New Profit team members on here on our blog!/strong> America Forward Executive Director Deborah Smolover, on America Forward's reponse to the WIA deal announced Wednesday. Managing Partner Kim Syman on the NationSwell "Big Bets" series, born at the Gathering of Leaders, that premieres this
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Friday Wrap Up: New Profit and its Portfolio Orgs Making the News This Week

Here's a wrap-up of just some of the news New Profit and its portfolio organizations made this week: AMERICA FORWARD: America Forward Commends Congress for Workforce Legislation Announcement, Urges Swift Passage "America Forward applauds the bicameral, bipartisan agreement on the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) reauthorization deal announced earlier today and urges the swift passage of final WIA legislation in Congress.
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Film Friday: Don’t Call Them Dropouts

Think you know the reasons that kids leave school prior to graduation? You may not know the whole story. Watch and share this powerful video from GradNation, an initiative of America's Promise Alliance. "The past decade has seen impressive growth in and commitment to helping more students graduate, fueled in part by a growing body of research on barriers. What
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Take 5: #SocInn News Links: 5/22/14

Here’s five interesting #SocInn links we’re clicking on today: New Profit: America Forward Commends Congress for Workforce Legislation Announcement, Urges Swift Passage "America Forward applauds the bicameral, bipartisan agreement on the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) reauthorization deal announced earlier today and urges the swift passage of final WIA legislation in Congress. WIA was last updated the year that Google was
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Take 5: #SocInn News Links: 5/8/14

Here’s five interesting #SocInn links we’re clicking on today: Bloomberg: Goldman’s Bullish on Boston Bloods Staying Out of Jail A look at the MA Juvenile Justice Pay for Success initiative and Roca, the Initiative's service provider. "The beauty of social-impact bonds, adherents say, is that everyone wins. States and municipalities get prevention programs that they might not otherwise be willing
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Take 5: #SocInn News Links: 4/28/14

Here’s five interesting #SocInn links we’re clicking on today: LIFT Blog: Why Serving A Year Is A Big Deal: A Guest Post by Our Partners at ServiceNation Tim Smith, Director of Online Engagement at ServiceNation brings awareness to LIFT's Serve A Year campaign, and explains the importance of spreading a new spirit to our nation: "Through this campaign, we’ve been
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Take 5: “5 Years Later: Grading Washington on National Service” and more

Take 5! Here are five social innovation links we are clicking on today: ServiceNation: 5 Years Later: Grading Washington on National Service ServiceNation and Voices for National Service released a report yesterday marking the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. The piece focuses on three areas in which leaders in Washington have failed
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We’re Hiring: Policy Director at America Forward

We are seeking a Policy Director for America Forward! A nonpartisan policy initiative of New Profit, America Forward unites policymakers with innovators leading results-driven organizations, to advance a public policy agenda that champions innovative and effective solutions to our country’s most pressing social problems. The Policy Director will be responsible for generating, developing, and implementing (in close collaboration with the
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Friday Wrap Up: New Profit and its Portfolio Orgs Making the News This Week

Here's a wrap-up of just some of the news New Profit and its portfolio organizations made this week: NEW PROFIT: FORTUNE: Trust the private sector, not Washington, to get job training right With Washington's job training being recognized as an "expensive, bureaucratic, ineffective mess", the private sector is taking the lead on workforce development. America Forward's Senior Policy Advisor, Shirley
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Take 5: “Gerald Chertavian Is Bridging the Opportunity Gap with Year Up” and more

Here's five interesting #SocInn links we're clicking on today: Boston Magazine: Gerald Chertavian Is Bridging the Opportunity Gap with Year Up “Nearly 7 million young Americans lack the skills or education to get a job that will pull them out of poverty. But with the formation of the nonprofit Year Up, Gerald Chertavian has created a solution that’s steering thousands
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