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Job training may sound dull, but getting it right is a key part of creating opportunity for people and places that have been left behind—and ultimately strengthening our economy and democracy.
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In this Workforce Realigned podcast episode, Connor Diemand-Yauman and Rebecca Taber Staehelin, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Merit America, accompany Social Finance Managing Director Michael Grossman for a discussion on how the program, funded by the…
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In this Workforce Realigned podcast episode, Troy Blackwood, Head of Structured Investments at Google, Hector Mujica, Head of Economic Opportunity, Americas at Google.org, and Social Finance Vice President Jake Edwards discuss the Google Career Certificates…
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In this Workforce Realigned podcast episode, David Socolow, Executive Director of the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, Sarah Keh, Vice President of Inclusion Solutions at Prudential Financial, and Social Finance’s Jake Segal, discuss…
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The New Jersey Pay It Forward Program uses a sustainable funding strategy that amplifies the impact of every public dollar and brings employers to the table to achieve real, measurable results for workers—that is, good…
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This historic piece of legislation gives us the opportunity to scale an industry that will power our economic future—and with some operational adjustments, public sector leaders can increase the likelihood that it delivers real impact.
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Ramona Schindelheim, editor-in-chief of WorkingNation, sits down with David Socolow and Tracy Palandjian to discuss the New Jersey Pay It Forward Program.
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WORK Inc. partnered with Social Finance to to develop the data infrastructure needed to better understand its clients’ journeys and use this data to guide program adjustments.
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Sandra Salstrom, Social Finance’s Vice President of Government Relations, gave her thoughts on what it will take to break the paper ceiling
