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Managed by Social Finance and delivered through nonprofit training providers, the initiative provides learners with access to Google Career Certificates, which are designed to equip people with job-ready skills in high-paying fields like Cybersecurity, IT…
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This paper is a partnership between Harry Holzer, John LaFarge Jr. SJ Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy, and the Social Finance Institute's David Socolow.
From the Social Finance Institute
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Conventional agriculture remains a leading source of pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and biodiversity loss, yet farmers seeking to transition to regenerative practices face significant capital gaps and inflexible financing. This webinar explored how impact investing…
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Tracy Palandjian joined the Stone Social Impact Forum for a conversation with David Rubenstein at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate on the role of finance in expanding economic opportunity and…
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Research Brief by Fiona Chen, The Social Finance Institute.
From the Social Finance Institute
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Improving apprentice retention and completion is critical to achieve the Trump administration’s goal of one million active apprentices. This requires a deep understanding of the factors driving apprentice cancellations as well as targeted investments in…
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