The Work of Opportunity in the Age of AI
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May 19, 2026
Blue Meridian’s CEO Jim Shelton took the stage at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit to discuss a national imperative: expanding opportunity in the age of AI.
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Sep 28, 2026
Helping Students Navigate College & Career Must Become Central to K-12’s Mission
See how a growing cohort of organizations (including our investee, Jobs for the Future, through their Britebound Center) are helping expand schools’ counseling capacity by providing coaching, advising and access to work-based learning.
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Sep 28, 2026
New Maps Reveal Massive Gaps in Access to Affordable Birth Control across the U.S
Power to Decide, a Blue Meridian investee, is featured for its collaboration with the Guttmacher Institute to map gaps in affordable contraceptive care and show where publicly funded services fall short of community needs.
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Sep 28, 2026
Per Scholas Launches Innovative New Salesforce AI Fellowship Pilot
A new, innovative workforce initiative pairs Per Scholas' Salesforce Administrator course graduates with paid nonprofit fellowships to gain real-world experience with AI and Salesforce.
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Sep 14, 2026
Ohio’s 12 Regional Partnerships
Learn to Earn Dayton is supporting Ohio’s regional education partnerships with guidance & capacity building to strengthen collaboration and improve opportunities for students from early childhood through the workforce.
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Sep 14, 2026
Center for Employment Opportunities’ Edovo Courses Reaches Over 400,000 Incarcerated Learners Across the U.S.
Center for Employment Opportunities, a Nationwide Solutions investee, highlights how its virtual job-readiness courses are helping hundreds of thousands of incarcerated people prepare for employment after release.
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Aug 27, 2026
A Life Impacted: Elvina’s Story with The Clean Slate Initiative
Elvina, whose criminal record limited her opportunities for years, got a fresh start through The Clean Slate's push for automatic record clearance.
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Aug 24, 2026
State of Maryland and Social Finance Announce Maryland Pay It Forward Fund to Strengthen Maryland’s Nursing Workforce
Social Finance is partnering with the State of Maryland to launch the Pay It Forward Fund, helping aspiring nurses finance their education and enter the health care workforce.
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Aug 13, 2026
From Juvenile Hall to Firefighting Academy; 2 Nonprofits Help Redirect Paths with Fire Training
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition, a Blue Meridian investee, is partnering with Future Fire Academy to expand firefighter training and career pathways for people in schools, jails, and juvenile halls.
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Aug 12, 2026
How HBCUs Help Students Find Their Way Back to College
InsideTrack's five-year coaching initiative, backed by Blue Meridian Partners, UNCF, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, reached nearly 44,000 students across 39 HBCUs and helped stopped-out students re-enroll at 2.5x the national average.
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Aug 7, 2026
MyFriendBen Partners with Child Poverty Action Lab to Launch Texas Accelerator
Child Poverty Action Lab is partnering with MyFriendBen to launch a Texas initiative that will help community organizations connect more families with public benefits, tax credits, and nonprofit programs.