New York
Seedco’s Executive Director Joins NYCETC Board of Directors
February 22, 2021Keith Rasmussen, Executive Director, has been announced as one of six new Board members of the New York Employment and Training Coalition (NYCETC), the nation’s largest city-based membership association for the workforce development industry. NYCETC works to ensure that every New Yorker — especially those who have been historically marginalized and disenfranchised and cut off…Learn More
Young, Unemployed, and Facing Bleak Prospects
December 22, 2020The New York Times is reporting that young workers are faring the worst in New York City economically, a city which has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. By September 2020, 19 percent of adults under 25 years of age in the city lost jobs, compared with 14 percent of all workers. Young adults…Learn More
Seedco Executive Director, Keith Rasmussen, has been asked to serve on the New York State Workforce Strategy Group, which was launched in July 2020 by the workforce development coalition Invest in Skills NY. The group will present recommendations on New York’s economic recovery to Governor Cuomo’s office and the New York State Legislature by Labor…Learn More
Seedco Continues to Serve Amid Public Health Crisis
April 7, 2020Seedco’s Acting Executive Director, Keith Rasmussen, updates community members on the organization’s operations and program modifications amid the COVID-19 public health crisis. Read the letter here.Learn More
Seedco Highlighted in Brief on Responsible Fatherhood Evaluation
January 24, 2020Seedco is highlighted in a recently released brief on an evaluation conducted on federally-funded Responsible Fatherhood programs. The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) has released “Implementing an Innovative Parenting Program for Fathers: Findings from the B3 Study.” OPRE is an office of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), which is a division…Learn More
MDRC recently issued a research brief, Bridging Access to Benefits and Care in Communities Affected by Drug Use, highlighting a pilot program that was launched in 2018 with funding from the One City Health Innovation Fund in a partnership between Acacia Network, St. Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction (SACHR) and Seedco. The pilot utilized Seedco’s…Learn More
Seedco Offers Solutions at Future of Work Event
November 11, 2019On November 6, 2019, Seedco’s Executive Director Tara Colton spoke in Philadelphia at ‘Business Innovations for the Future of Work,’ a summit organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Drexel University, the City of Philadelphia, and the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia. Tara spoke on a panel titled ‘Measuring ROI: The Real Cost…Learn More
Samsung Donates Cell Phones to Seedco’s Participating Fathers
October 24, 2019In August, 2019, Seedco’s Strong Fathers, Stronger Families (SFSF) East Harlem site, STRIVE, partnered with the Good+ Foundation and Samsung to provide cell phones to fathers who had completed SFSF. Samsung donated the phones, along with one month of free unlimited texts, calls, and data to fathers, successfully bridging a significant gap. For the fathers…Learn More
Seedco Highlights Work at NYCETC Annual Conference
October 3, 2019Seedco’s work was highlighted at the annual New York City Employment Training Coalition (NYCETC) conference, which brought together 500 national and local experts, employers, workforce professionals, government officials, and funders for a day of information sharing and networking, held on September 23. Tara Colton, Executive Director, served on a panel entitled “Asset-Based Value Proposition as…Learn More