America’s Great Experiment With Jobs For The Underclass
Revealing how workers in the “hard to employ” groups, who were not program participants, were quietly finding jobs on their own: While Supported Work suffered from high drop-out rates, it also showed how much other workers in the “hard to employ” populations, the control group members, were finding jobs on their own. The small difference […]
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The Water Online Show: Hope For The Next Generation Of Water Workers
This episode of The Water Online Show focuses on the water industry's workforce shortage. Hopeworks, a training organization, is addressing this challenge by partnering with utilities like American Water. Hopeworks identifies employer needs, trains young professionals, and places them in well-suited roles. This innovative approach is helping to bridge the skills gap and ensure a […]
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This nonprofit leader acts as a ’no-fee staffing agency’ connecting overlooked young professionals to corporate jobs
Grace Manning leads a program helping land young professionals work at companies like Subaru. Grace Manning is director of employer and alumni relations at Hopeworks, a nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia and South New Jersey, offering workforce development programs to young adults. Through training programs, paid internships, and placement services with local employers, Hopeworks helps young, diverse […]
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Hopeworks Prepares to Bring the Magic to a New Location!

March 14, 2018

As Hopeworks prepares to move to a new, larger location -- allowing us to more than double the number of youth that we serve -- Hopeworks trainees, staff, and youth interns are also working to make sure we bring along the trauma informed culture that makes the magic work! Some Hopeworks traditions will remain unchanged. […]

Camden Coalition Professionalism Workshop

March 14, 2018

This week Hopeworks youth had the opportunity to meet at Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers for a few hours to learn about the importance of a professional resume and professionalism in the workplace, and they had professional headshots taken for their LinkedIn profiles. Professional attire and demeanor are very important in earning employment, and our […]

Charlene Newbill Takes on New Role at Hopeworks

February 14, 2018

Charlene Newbill, former Youth Healing Team (YHT) intern and CRIB resident, has been hired as the part-time Youth Healing Team Lead! Her role will be to oversee the Youth Healing Team and collaborate with the interns, as well as work with Kate Daugherty, Healing 10 Convener at Hopeworks. As a former Youth Healing team intern, […]

Hopeworks Gets Ready for Our New Space

February 14, 2018

Late this Spring, Hopeworks staff, trainees, and supporters will welcome the Hopeworks spirit to a new, larger space here in Camden, more than doubling the number of young people we can serve each year! Thanks to the generous support of the Townsend Foundation and many other supporters, Hopeworks can make sure that we have the […]

Hopeworks and UrbanPromise Partnership Expands Hope

January 17, 2018

A critical part of Hopeworks’ success in preparing young people for sustainable jobs is providing internship opportunities for youth upon completion of training. Hopeworks’ businesses offer excellent hands-on experience for interns. But as our programs grow and the number of youth we serve continues to increase, externship partners become more and more in demand! One […]

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America’s Great Experiment With Jobs For The Underclass

The Water Online Show: Hope For The Next Generation Of Water Workers

This nonprofit leader acts as a ’no-fee staffing agency’ connecting overlooked young professionals to corporate jobs