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Apr 13, 2017
Getting High-School Grads Into the Closed-Off World of Tech
The Atlantic highlights how Year Up matches young, lower-income workers with employers eager to diversify their ranks.
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Apr 10, 2017
Why the U.S. Needs a Thriving Apprenticeship System
Year Up's Jonathan Hasak explains in the Washington Post how work-based education programs can train and "upskill" millions of Americans.
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Mar 18, 2017
Improving Outcomes Of Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
The “outcomes” for the 24,000 youth in the foster care system that enter adulthood each year don’t look good – they are less likely to graduate college, are more likely to be unemployed or underemployed, and have limited financial resources.
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Mar 13, 2017
What It Takes to Scale
CEO Nancy Roob describes in a video interview the challenge and importance of "access to unrestricted capital."
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Mar 7, 2017
When the Pediatrician Isn’t Enough
Parents enrolled in HealthySteps report increased satisfaction with care, were more likely to stick to appointment and vaccination schedules, and were better able to identify concerning behaviors in their child.
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Feb 13, 2017
Blue Meridian Partners – The Big Picture
CEO Nancy Roob describes in a video interview the partners’ vision: "to really move the needle on social problems in this country."
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Jan 11, 2017
Moving From Pass/Fail to Continuous Progress
Youth Villages founder and CEO Pat Lawler describes in Stanford Social Innovation Review how rigorous evaluation encouraged the organization to redefine success.
Media
Dec 16, 2016
“This Could Be Life Changing”
Upstream partnered with the Family Health Center of Worcester, empowering patients to make decisions about their reproductive health.
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Dec 7, 2016
Blue Meridian Partners a “Philanthropic Bet to Help Nation’s Kids”
“We launched Blue Meridian with the vision of trying to change the market,” explains Nancy Roob. “It was born out of the incredible satisfaction we got when we were able to aggregate capital and make larger investments."
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Sep 9, 2016
Blue Meridian Partners: A Collaborative Form of Big Bet Philanthropy Aims to Give $1B to Youth Programs
An interview in Nonprofit Quarterly about Blue Meridian Partners' "big bets" approach to investing in youth.