UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA BLOG

Grant from U.S. Department of Labor will strengthen job training in health-care sector

United Way of Central Iowa was awarded a $2,248,968 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to provide job training to 380 central Iowans seeking careers in health care. The America’s Promise grant is the largest grant United Way of Central Iowa has received in its 100-year history. The four-year grant will double the capacity of Central Iowa Works (CIW) to serve individuals with barriers to education and employment.

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More than 70 percent of people who begin the process of earning a high school equivalency diplomas (HSED) don’t end up getting one. For most, it’s not a matter of ability or motivation. Their lives are complicated, resources are scarce, and they lack the support many of us take for granted.

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On June 1-5, central Iowans will welcome some of the world’s best golfers to the Principal Charity Classic, our community’s premier charitable sports event.

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Did you take a personal finance course in high school? If so, then you were better off than most Iowa high school students. Many are not required to learn anything about how to use credit cards, buy a house or car, save, invest or shop for insurance. And if you didn’t take a personal finance class—or if you had an inadequate one—then you know how hard it is to learn those things on the fly once you are living on your own.

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For the past 16 months, a diverse group of central Iowans have rallied their support around the OpportUNITY initiative. Their audacious goal is to elevate 20,000 central Iowans out of poverty. Poverty is a niche game; for the hundreds of people struggling financially, there are hundreds of reasons why.

We know that central Iowans can work together to elevate their neighbors out of poverty. Poverty is more than a lack of money; it's a lack of hope.

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Goodwill of Central Iowa has opened a new business and job-training venture, Good Beginnings Café, in Des Moines. The café is on the ground floor of the United Way of Central Iowa Human Services Campus at 1111 9th street, which houses a number of local nonprofit agencies.

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