Updates, articles, and videos from and about Blue Meridian Partners, our investees, and the field.
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Oct 25, 2018
Inside Philanthropy reports on EMCF and Blue Meridian’s plans to expand efforts to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.
Updates
Oct 18, 2018
Blue Meridian announces plans to become independent and embark on new growth “to deliver bigger and better capital flow” to social sector leaders solving problems trapping youth in poverty.
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Jul 19, 2018
The Chronicle of Social Change reports on WWK’s “groundbreaking” plan to find homes for 58,000 foster kids.
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Jul 12, 2018
Oklahoma's incarceration rate is “the highest on the planet,” reports KOKH TV, and one answer is CEO’s jobs program for former inmates.
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Jun 29, 2018
A rigorous evaluation of Year Up’s impact demonstrates the large earnings gains for young adults in its workforce development program.
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May 3, 2018
The Washington Post reports how removing small barriers to getting an IUD or implant has yielded big results in Delaware.
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Apr 27, 2018
CEO’s Oklahoma City director warns that recidivism is costly in a state that spends twice as much on incarcerating a prisoner as on educating a public school student.
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Feb 1, 2018
Oklahoma Gazette reports on how the program is breaking the cycle of re-incarceration in Oklahoma City.
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Jan 26, 2018
A Year Up graduate tells Entrepreneur how the program gave him the mindset, the skill set and the connection to launch a successful career.
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Nov 20, 2017
In Tulsa, philanthropist George Kaiser is mounting one of the most ambitious efforts in the US to help the poor.