Deaconess Foundation Blog
Big Changes Coming at OhioMeans Jobs – Cleveland/Cuyahoga County
Two weeks ago, the Councils of both the City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County approved a piece of legislation (proposed by Mayor Bibb and County Executive Ronayne) with significant impact. The legislation authorized the reorganization of our local public workforce...
Transportation Lessons for Better Worker Mobility from the Paradox Prize
This is a guest post by Jeffrey Weston Sleasman, Senior Director of Applied Research at the Fund for Our Economic Future. As the Fund for Our Economic Future has worked to elevate and address mobility challenges facing Northeast Ohio’s workforce in recent years, we...
Who is the Northeast Ohio Worker Center?
This is a guest post by Grace Heffernan, Board Chair, Northeast Ohio Worker Center. The Northeast Ohio Worker Center (NEOWC) is an organization built by workers, for workers, to organize against the systems that have workers isolated, overworked, underpaid, and...
What is a Pre-Apprenticeship program, and Why is it Good?
Apprenticeships are workforce development programs which enable an individual to secure a well-paying job after a period of “learning and earning”. Apprenticeships pay individuals to do real work, under the guidance of experts who help them develop both their...
Your Questions Answered, Just in Time to Apply for Deborah Vesy Systems Change Champion Award
Has your organization achieved measurable systems change and/or scalable innovation within a workforce initiative? If your Cuyahoga County nonprofit has successfully completed either systems change or scalable innovation or both in a workforce context, we welcome you...
Essential Workers & the Benefits Cliff
Recently, Ohio Workforce Coalition and other statewide partners commissioned the Center for Community Solutions to compile data regarding top occupations in Cuyahoga County in which workers are potentially impacted by the benefits cliff. (See below for a quick...
My Top 5 Hopes for the Cleveland|Cuyahoga Workforce Leadership Academy
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...
NewBridge and Arena Analytics Plan to Improve Hospital Staffing Levels
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,...
EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute (ELRI) Helps Mitigate Barriers to Work, One Worker at a Time
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...
Universal Basic Employment & Opportunity Pilot in Cleveland
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...
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