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With the support of Social Finance, the Commonwealth was able to quickly design and establish the Fund, launching its first cohort of learners in the summer of 2025. Since then, the program has continued to…
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In October 2024, The Boston Foundation, in collaboration with Social Finance, hosted a webinar about Massachusetts' ambitious climate goals, the workforce challenges that must be resolved to meet those goals, and an innovative potential solution…
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As this study reveals, the impact of a successful jobs program reverberates beyond that which is immediately measurable
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The nursing workforce made headlines during the Covid-19 pandemic, as nurses faced increasingly challenging work conditions and began leaving the profession en masse. A steep decline in available nurses pushed our healthcare system to the…
