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NETWORK Member Benefits & News
Calls & Webinars - Successful Relationships: The Recipe for Successful Employment Outcomes | Wednesday, July 20th - 1pm ET - Listen to the Recording
See the slides. (This webinar was hosted by the Task Force on Jewish Residential Alternatives for Adults with Disabilities in cooperation with IAJVS and AJFCA.) - Hoarding and Its Implications for Aging in Place | Thursday, July 21st - 2pm ET - Listen to the recording. See the slides.
- Articulating a Compelling Narrative for Human Services | Tuesday, August 9th - 2pm ET - REGISTER HERE
Learn more here. - Young Adults with Disabilities: Perspectives on Volunteerism | Wednesday, August 10th - 1pm ET - REGISTER HERE
Events
News
- Genie Cohen presents Making it Work for Immigrants at Voices for Opportunity and Economic Mobility: A Jobs for the Future Summit in New Orleans, LA on June 28th.
Tools & Resources
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Sector Trends
- Nonprofit leaders may be able to drive greater social change by using predictive data to measure the success of a program before it starts.
The Huffington Post - 6/29/16 - Retiring baby boomers are finding new opportunities in the nonprofit sector. The New York Times - 6/24/16
- House Committee Releases Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Reauthorization Bill
National Skills Coalition - 6/28/16 - DOL releases $7.5m in ApprenticeshipUSA industry intermediary contracts.
National Skills Coalition - 7/1/16 - The Arc's Center for Future Planning® recognizes that families don't plan for the future because of emotional barriers and misconceptions. It is their role to find these families, support them and provide information and resources.
Empower - August 2016
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In response to trends and increasing demands in our fields, including changes in healthcare and human services that demand a more integrated and comprehensive approach to providing services to people facing life's challenges, the two associations are jointly forming a new entity that will more effectively and holistically support local Jewish family service and workforce development agencies.