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Aug 13, 2019
How Cash Bail Hurts Poor Women—and What We Can Do About It
The Bail Project's CEO, Robin Steinberg, explains how the cash bail system is especially unjust to marginalized groups, such as women - the fastest growing incarcerated population in the nation.
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Jun 24, 2019
A Noble Collaboration: Capital Flows to Social-Service Groups
Barron's reports on the comprehensive care HealthySteps provides low-income children and families, and how Blue Meridian Partners aggregates funding to expand this and other programs helping impoverished Americans.
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May 20, 2019
Tech Jobs Lead to the Middle Class. Just Not for the Masses.
The New York Times cites Year Up as a leading example of a workforce training program focused on pathways to tech-related jobs which pay living wages.
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May 2, 2019
Toxic Stress and Children’s Outcomes
An Economic Policy Institute report highlights Nurse-Family Partnership as a program that promotes protective parenting and reduces the pressures that affect African Americans disproportionately.
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Mar 7, 2019
Donors Increasingly Believe in Pooling Resources to Create a Bigger Impact
The Financial Times cites Blue Meridian as a leading example of the trend toward collaborative philanthropy.
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Mar 5, 2019
Many Washington foster kids become homeless. Tennessee may have found a solution.
The Seattle Times reports on the success of YVLifeset in Tennessee and its expansion to Washington.
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Mar 1, 2019
From Promising Model to Major Investment
CEOs Nancy Roob and Mark Edwards share the journey of scaling Upstream USA with Stanford Social Innovation Review.
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Mar 1, 2019
Detroit Welcomes Center for Employment Opportunities
Center for Employment Opportunities launches a Detroit office to help formerly incarcerated individuals find short- and long-term employment.
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Feb 8, 2019
Resume Issues? Need An Internship? This Organization Can Help
NPR reports on how Year Up’s workforce development program brings more opportunities for career-path jobs.
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Jan 22, 2019
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Bigger and Better Capital Flow Creates Its Own Course
Nonprofit Quarterly describes EMCF’s leadership in making “megagrants” driven by data, and its culmination in the transition to Blue Meridian Partners.