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The Mid-South’s Best Kept Secret
By Lisa Pote, Senior Vice President, Seedco Mid-South
Ever since I started at Seedco, I’ve been calling it the best kept secret in the Mid-South. Well, the secret is out.
Positive employment and child support outcomes for NY Fatherhood Pilot Programs
Parents who participated in New York State’s Strengthening Families through Stronger Fathers Initiative experienced higher wages, higher rates of employment, and higher rates of child support payments than non-participants.
Read MorePartners in Innovation Honored at Fall Benefit
Thanks to all of the approximately 250 guests who turned out for Seedco’s 2011 Fall Benefit on October 25!
Read MoreWhat’s New
Seedco selected as Strategic Partner in Maryland’s New Affordable Care Act Insurance Exchange
The Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (MHBE) announced on April 25th that Seedco will serve as one of six connector organizations and provide consumer assistance and health insurance enrollment resources to individuals and small employers in Harford, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Caroline and Dorchester counties.
Learn MoreSeedco Mid-South Expands Startup Assistance with FastTrac Tie-In
For more than a quarter century, national non-profit Seedco has offered workforce development programs for people in need. Founded in 1987, the program focuses on boosting economic development opportunities for individuals, small businesses and communities.
And now in a strategic move that will broaden its base and strengthen the Memphis entrepreneurial ecosystem, the local chapter of the organization has become an affiliate of the Kaufman Foundation to provide FastTrac workshops aimed at developing start-ups and expanding existing companies.
Learn MoreTraining Partnership is a Work Force
Pauline Vernon, director of workforce development for the Memphis BioWorks Foundation, discusses the success of the Southern Energy Training Consortium, to which Seedco contributed pre-skills training and data management expertise.
Learn MoreNew Report Finds Positive Effects of Family Rewards Program on Teens and Parents
A new report by the social policy and education research firm MDRC details the benefits to teenagers and their parents of the Opportunity NYC-Family Rewards program, which offered cash rewards related to education, health care, and employment to low-income families with children in six of New York City’s poorest neighborhoods.
Learn MoreProgram Spotlight
Healthcare for Tennessee’s Uninsured
Seedco, along with its healthcare and community-service partners throughout Tennessee, is applying to serve as navigator for the Federal facilitated health insurance marketplace. The navigator program, a critical part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), will help enroll many of 525,000 eligible, uninsured Tennesseans in affordable health insurance plans beginning October 1, 2013.
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