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2018

CityLab — The Future is Green: How green jobs can increase resiliency and create economic opportunities in vulnerable communities

Postmates Blog — Postmates + JVS — Fund your dreams, your bills, or both

Division of Apprenticeship Standards — “Dogged” partnership launches the first apprenticeship in veterinary assisting

San Francisco Business Times — Wells Fargo invests in workforce development

Hoodline — SF SPCA Launches Vet Assistant Apprenticeship Program

Brookings — Investing in Water Infrastructure and Workers: Examining the Bay Area’s Regional Approach

KALW 91.7 — Looking At Education with Carol Kocivar

San Francisco SPCA — San Francisco SPCA and Jewish Vocational Service, in partnership with Foothill College, Launch First-of-Its-Kind Apprenticeship Program for Veterinary Assistants

Brookings — The future American workforce will have a lot of jobs to fill, particularly in infrastructure

San Francisco BayView — San Francisco SPCA to launch a free Veterinary Assistant Apprenticeship Program

2017

Business Wire — Cloud Co-Op Opens Veteran-Powered Help Desk to Support Salesforce Customers

ZDNet — Salesforce works with higher ed to roll out Trailhead for Students

PBS News Hour — Column: How to create a financial hardship support group

Salesforce’s TrailheaDX Conference — Video coverage of keynote featuring JVS at 7 minutes

Urban Institute  — Research Report: Employer Roles in Building Pipelines for Middle-Skill Jobs in Health Care

 

2016

Wall Street Journal  —  Am I Too Old to be Moving Back with Mom and Dad?

CA Workforce Development Board Policy Brief: JVS’s EXCEL program is a model partnership for CalWORKs participants

Press Release  —  JVS Named California Nonprofit of the Year
American Banker  —  Ambassador Program Puts Twist on Community Reinvestment
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: EXCEL program as a sustainable model with successful replication
Press Release  —  Bank of the West Creates New Community Ambassador Role

PBS News Hour  —  Women over 50? Help not wanted. (TV)

2015

ButtonClick Admin by Salesforce  —  Interview with Spencer Perry (Podcast)

ButtonClick Admin Blog by Salesforce  —  Giving Thanks for the Salesforce Community

San Francisco Chronicle  —  Long-term unemployed get training at Jewish Vocational Services
San Francisco Chronicle  —  Training pays off for EXCEL students

New York Times  —  After Years Out of a Job, Older Workers Find a Way Back In

Comcast Newsmakers  —  BankWork$ Comes to Bay Area

J. Weekly  —  JVS Celebrates 30 Years of Kohn Interns

Press Release  —  500 People in the Bay Area Will Get Training Thanks to Wells Fargo’s $225,000 Philanthropic Investment in JVS

Financial Services Roundtable  —  Bank of the West Sponsored BankWork$ Program Supports Meaningful Employment

J. Weekly  —  Jewish agency helps nurses re-tool

Press Release  —  JVS Announces Bay Area Expansion of BankWork$ Award-Winning Financial Career Training Program

J. Weekly  —  Business, professional & real estate | From two words of English to bank manager, 16 years and count

2014

J. Weekly  —  JVS receives $6.4 million federal grant
SF Gate  —  Combatting long-term unemployment with federal money
San Francisco Business Times  —  S.F. nonprofit wins $6.4 million federal grant for tech-focused job training
SAP Community Network Blog  —  A Tale of Two Cities: Sharing Skills to Close Silicon Valley Divide with JVS

Los Angeles Times  —  U.S. tackles long-term unemployment with $170 million in grants

Press Release —  Department of Labor Awards JVS San Francisco $6.4 Million to Combat Long-Term Unemployment

The White House | Office of the Press Secretary  —  FACT SHEET: Getting Long-Term Unemployed Americans Back to Work
The White House  —  Ready to Work: Job-Driven Training and American Opportunity

Twitter for Good Blog  —  Guest post: helping San Francisco job seekers gain skills

Catalyst Magazine | Microsoft  —  Growing future employees: Partnerships forged between schools and industry yield results

San Francisco Chronicle  —  Minimum wage hike won’t help many workers in S.F.
KGO 810AM News | Finch Files: Anna Moore

KGO 810AM News | Finch Files: Jobless

San Francisco Business Times  —  Long-term jobless fly under radar

NBC Bay Area  —  San Francisco Bike Nonprofit Continues to Grow, Help Kids
San Francisco Chronicle – letter to the editor  —  They’re Still With Us

Examiner.com  —  Social media turns hiring upside down

J. Weekly  —  JVS jobs strategy held up as model at White House forum

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