July 2014

Here's a wrap-up of just some of the news New Profit and its portfolio organizations made this week: NEW PROFIT: New Profit Blog: President Obama Signs Critical Workforce Legislation America Forward and the America Forward Coalition applaud President Obama and Congress for working together on the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. "Today, President Barack Obama signed into law the Workforce

Here’s five interesting #SocInn links we’re clicking on today: New Profit Blog: President Obama Signs Critical Workforce Legislation America Forward and the America Forward Coalition applaud President Obama and Congress for working together on the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. "Today, President Barack Obama signed into law the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which will help millions of Americans

Here’s five interesting #SocInn links we’re clicking on today: Inside Philanthropy: The Bezos Family Foundation is All About Education. Here's What They're Doing "As the Bezos Family Foundation has ramped up, its investments have fallen into three main categories: Early Learning, Excellence in K-12 Education, and Youth Leadership and Engagement... On K-12, the foundation has invested in a number of

Looking forward to signing this #bipartisan job training bill this morning before sending to the President’s desk. pic.twitter.com/vgu426qXkW— Speaker John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) July 11, 2014 Today, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) was joined by bipartisan Members of Congress to formally sign the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), a bill to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and

Yesterday, Congress passed legislation that would help people gain more of the skills they need to succeed in today's workforce. You read that right. The House approved the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) by a landslide, following overwhelming Senate passage of the bill a few weeks ago. This bipartisan, bicameral bill will make federal workforce assistance programs more efficient,

  Statement from America Forward, New Profit's nonpartisan policy initiative, on the passage of WIOA: America Forward applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the bipartisan Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to reauthorize the $3 billion Workforce Investment Act (WIA) earlier today by a vote of 415 to 6.   Passage by the House follows passage by the