Updates, articles, and videos from and about Blue Meridian Partners, our investees, and the field.
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May 20, 2019
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
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
The Financial Times cites Blue Meridian as a leading example of the trend toward collaborative philanthropy.
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Mar 5, 2019
The Seattle Times reports on the success of YVLifeset in Tennessee and its expansion to Washington.
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Mar 1, 2019
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
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
NPR reports on how Year Up’s workforce development program brings more opportunities for career-path jobs.
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Jan 22, 2019
Nonprofit Quarterly describes EMCF’s leadership in making “megagrants” driven by data, and its culmination in the transition to Blue Meridian Partners.
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Jan 17, 2019
A Stanford Social Innovation Review audio slideshow describes how NFP has improved its program by listening closely to the mothers it serves.
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Jan 7, 2019
Year Up’s Boston chapter offers youth “a foot in the door of corporate America.”