• KYW-AM (Philadelphia, PA)

    Camden County is partnering with a nonprofit to help keep kids off the streets and in school through paid technical training. This program has been going on for a year now, and KW Community Impact reporter Rachel Williams spoke with a young man who has since turned his life around. 21-year-old James Horn of Camden […]
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  • Building a Better Future Through AI

    Hopeworks CEO Dan Rhoton explains how AI is a tool for helping young people build meaningful careers. Hopeworks, a nonprofit social enterprise operating in Camden, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, offers young adults facing barriers to economic opportunity critical technological training in AI-augmented skills, including web development, data visualization and geographic information systems (GIS). Utilizing […]
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  • Philly’s FORT Robotics lands $19M to scale machine safety platform

    Plus, Hopeworks is getting an AI hub thanks to Dell, Dispatch Bio emerges with $216M and more money moves. Biotech has always been a regional strength, and there’s news about wins in that sector, but the Philly ecosystem also saw strong performance that points to other sectors on the rise.  Robotics is one: On the […]
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Philly weekly roundup: $1.2M for Hopeworks; Goodbye Wells Fargo Center; Is the Digital Equity Act over?

May 13, 2025
Plus, the Pennsylvania Senate Communications and Technology Committee passed legislation to ban state government agencies from using TikTok. • Startups and creators need to work together to solve their mutual problems, Calan the Artist writes. [Technical.ly] • Have PTW 2025 FOMO? Check out our live blog that recaps all the events we attended last week. [Technical.ly] • Tech workforce development org Hopeworks […]
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The Hg Foundation Partners with Hopeworks to Help Young Adults Secure Long-Term Employment

May 6, 2025
$1.2M Commitment from The Hg Foundation Enables Hopeworks’ Expansion into Two New Cities Camden, NJ – May 6, 2025 – The Hg Foundation, a grant-giving charity focused on improving tech education and skills, today announced a new $1.2 million partnership with Hopeworks, a social enterprise that supports young adults into long-term living wage careers. The […]
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The Hg Foundation Partners with Hopeworks to Help Young Adults Secure Long-Term Employment

May 6, 2025
$1.2M Commitment from The Hg Foundation Enables Hopeworks’ Expansion into Two New Cities  The Hg Foundation, a grant-giving charity focused on improving tech education and skills, today announced a new $1.2 million partnership with Hopeworks, a U​.​S​.​ social enterprise that supports young adults into long-term living wage careers​. ​The partnership ​will enable Hopeworks to expand its […]
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When global tech association CompTIA spun off its nonprofit arm, the TechGirlz curriculum went dark

March 31, 2025
The program’s founder has been trying to regain access to the STEM education materials, with the goal of transferring them to youth nonprofit Hopeworks. When global tech organization CompTIA restructured at the end of last year, it quietly dissolved its social impact arm, CompTIA Spark. The dissolution, which has not been previously reported, came alongside […]
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Dismantling the Dept. of Education could steer more people to nontraditional career paths

March 31, 2025
If federal student aid is disrupted, bootcamps could go mainstream. If the Department of Education ceases to exist as planned, college financial aid could potentially face disruption for millions of current and incoming college students.  The Trump administration’s ongoing dismantling of the Department of Education, also known as the DOE, could spur a shift away from traditional four-year […]
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