By Rebecca Kusner, Director of Ohio Workforce Coalition and Academy Facilitator As we kick-off the Cleveland|Cuyahoga Co. Workforce Leadership Academy with the Opening Retreat this week, I’ve been reflecting a lot on what I hope the Fellows will walk away with from...
By Bethany Friedlander, President & CEO, NewBridge PROBLEM STATEMENT Chasing adequate staffing levels in hospitals has become a national health crisis. Without adequate staff hospitals are forced to cancel elective surgeries, patients are forced to wait for beds,...
By Danielle Crawford, Vice President, Grantmaking For low – income workers, barriers faced everyday just to get to work can be overwhelming. From arranging childcare to being healthy (or having access to needed healthcare) to having reliable transportation to and...
You may have seen the article in the New York Times about the Universal Basic Income pilot in Chicago, supporting individuals with $500 monthly checks for a year, no string attached and almost no questions asked. As the article says, 5,000 city residents will receive...
We are excited to welcome Danielle to the Deaconess Foundation. You can learn about her professional experience on our website or her LinkedIn profile, but thought you might appreciate getting to know her a little better! Tell us a little about yourself. I am...
One of the questions I ask myself with some frequency is how those of us working in foundations can continue to assist with building the strength of the workforce system through the people working in it. I know many foundations provide capacity-building grants, which...
