Community-Based Organizations Across The U.S. Receive $10 Million Through The Citi Foundation And LISC To Help Train American Workers For Growing Job Sectors
Through an expanded network of local sites across the
Roughly half of the community-based organizations will use the funding over the next three years to expand their existing Bridges programs to reach more people with a broader range of training and opportunities; the other half will be launching Bridges for the first time with new services.
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A full listing of participating organizations can be found here. More than half of the sites are in Opportunity Zones, a federal incentive to increase investments in low-wealth communities as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
"The demands of today's
The majority of people who enter the Bridges program are either unemployed or working in minimum wage jobs and testing at a 6th-8th grade education level. After Bridges, more than three-quarters of participants move on to occupational skills training and 64 percent achieve industry-recognized credentials—opening doors to living wage jobs they would not otherwise be able to access and putting them on career pathways with the opportunity for ongoing advancement. In the last two years alone, more than 3,000 training participants across the country have been placed in jobs.
"The Bridges program is a proven resource that has already helped thousands of families raise their standards of living," said
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