Social Enterprise in the News
The White Underclass
New York Times | Feb 8 2012
A new study finds that a jobs program for newly released prison inmates left them 22 percent less likely to be convicted of another crime... More »
'Social enterprises' helps people overcome barriers to employment
Salt Lake City Deseret News | Nov 4, 2011
More American businesses need to be about the "double bottom line," says Carla Javits, a national expert in social enterprise... More »
Private philanthropists help put people to work
SF Business Times | October, 21 2011
For more than 15 years, REDF has supported nonprofit “social enterprises” that in turn create jobs for the homeless, the formerly incarcerated and those facing other major barriers to... More »
Non-profit Buckelew to open ‘People’s Harvest’
North Bay Business Journal | October, 2011
The new location, a fresh cut food processing center, will be Buckalew’s fourth “social enterprise,” and will create jobs for people who have experienced barriers to employment... More »
Non-profit Buckelew to open ‘People’s Harvest’
North Bay Business Journal | October, 2011
The new location, a fresh cut food processing center, will be Buckalew’s fourth “social enterprise,” and will create jobs for people who have experienced barriers to employment... More »
The American Jobs Act and Nonprofits
Whitehouse.gov | Sept., 2011
Through REDF, David found a job as an operations supervisor of Green Streets and he now helps reduce landfill waste in low-income neighborhoods by an average of 40 percent. David says that Green Streets has changed his life... More »
On Labor Day, he's thankful to have a job
LA Times | September, 2011
"I appreciate the Labor Day opportunity to take the day off," said Dagons, 45, of Los Angeles. "But I need to take advantage of every opportunity that is presented to me to make a living."... More »
On Labor Day, he's thankful to have a job
LA Times | September, 2011
"I appreciate the Labor Day opportunity to take the day off," said Dagons, 45, of Los Angeles. "But I need to take advantage of every opportunity that is presented to me to make a living."... More »
Veterans Discover Allure of Jobs in Western Wilderness
New York Times | Sept. 2011
The effort to attract veterans, many either unemployed or adrift in a turbulent economy, into the backcountry is new to California this year. The program took root in Colorado in 2009 and has spread from the Rockies to... More »
Newton: Finding a job, and new hope
LA Times | August, 2011
Chrysalis is neither a government relief program nor a place that offers shelter or meals; it is devoted, entirely and inspiringly, to putting people to work, especially those who need serious help... More »
