City Council Funds Program to Make Sure Camden Streetlights Doing the Job

August 15, 2024

CAMDEN – When the city’s streetlights in the Whitman Park section last year were inventoried in a pilot project, about 100 out of 250 needed replacing. Now the city wants every streetlight in the city checked, mapped and maintained in a digital database. City Council on Tuesday voted to award nonprofit Hopeworks Camden – the […]

New Camden truancy program offers paid job training to at-risk youth. Here are three of their stories.

August 8, 2024

Hopeworks, a nonprofit in Camden, is trying to get young people off the streets with a new tech-training initiative. They cut classes regularly or dropped out of school. Some landed into trouble with police and went to jail. Now they are getting a second chance in a new Camden County truancy program that offers an […]

Four Leaders to be Honored by the Science Center at the 2024 Nucleus Awards

August 6, 2024

The Nucleus Awards, presented by CSL, will honor four individuals who have shown leadership and innovation in commercializing promising technology, allocating capital, convening the community, and cultivating our STEM workforce. Taking place on September 24th, The Nucleus Awards is an industry-recognized celebration of Philadelphia’s role as leader in equitable science and technology innovation and inclusive growth. […]

WRA Announces 2024 Water Resources Award Winners

July 16, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (PA, NJ, DE, NY) – The Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin (WRA) today announced the winners of the 2024 Water Resources Awards, recognizing leadership, innovation and excellence in the science and management of water resources within the Delaware Basin. “These awardees are leading with science, collaboration and vision to advance […]

Helping To Keep Life Flowing: Hopeworks And American Water Forge Powerful Partnership For Social Impact

July 12, 2024

A unique collaboration proves there is a pipeline of eager and talented water workforce candidates, if the industry seizes the opportunity to tap it. Since 2015, Hopeworks and New Jersey American Water have partnered on a groundbreaking collaboration aimed at empowering young adults through a unique workforce program. Through this program, individuals from Hopeworks were […]

Shapiro Administration Awards Nearly $4.9 Million to 50 Organizations Boosting Digital Literacy Across Pennsylvania

June 14, 2024

Harrisburg, PA – The Shapiro Administration today announced nearly $4.9 million in grants to 50 community organizations throughout Pennsylvania for programs to improve digital literacy among job seekers so they can be successful in finding, obtaining, and maintaining employment. In this round of digital-literacy funding – the fifth since 2021 – the Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) has awarded grants […]

Thanks to a $1 million gift, this Kensington nonprofit is giving more young people training and work experience in tech

May 15, 2024

Hopeworks is a nonprofit that offers training and work experience in tech for young adults. They plan to expand their Kensington office and double the amount of training slots they currently offer. Over the past few years, a media-boosted narrative about young people has emerged — they are lazy. None of them want to work, […]

The AI Impact - Education & The Workforce

May 7, 2024

Dan Rhoton, the CEO of the New Jersey-based job training nonprofit Hopeworks, firmly believes AI can help prepare underprivileged young adults to enter the workforce. Hopeworks utilizes AI tools to upskill Camden, N.J.-area residents over 17 and connect them with local employers. Rhoton sees the technology as a way to level the playing field between […]

Building the Future

April 16, 2024

The Camden-based nonprofit Hopeworks expanding its mission helping young adults find long-term, living-wage careers with its inaugural H.O.P.E Summit last month, showcasing impactful panel discussions, networking opportunities and interactive workshops that focused on critical skills like digital literacy, professional development and navigating AI. Read our segment in the southjerseybiz.net article here or visit the site […]

Philadelphia hopes to put some 250 residents to work with $1.2 million in grants to 4 nonprofits

March 28, 2024

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia is giving $1.2 million to four workforce training programs, in hopes of securing jobs for some 250 students. The jobs are mostly in the medical field but also include some city jobs. Employers such as Penn Medicine and Temple Health need medical assistants, and thousands of Philadelphians need jobs. The city’s […]

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