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Social Finance celebrated Black History Month with a campaign across our offices, which included an employee-contributed daily email campaign to honor and uplift the contributions and achievements of Black communities in the United States. This…
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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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In 2022, we launched and advanced multiple DEI workstreams tied to our DEI Action Plan.
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Employers across the country are grappling with the challenge of filling critical job openings in industries like health care and transportation services. Explore our series of data visualizations to learn more about these in-demand occupations…
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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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Despite promising initial evidence, recovery housing has only recently become part of the formal array of recovery services that receive public funding and legislative oversight. By increasing its supply of recovery housing, Louisiana joins many…
