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Mother’s Day 2023
I feel so fortunate to be a mother, a mother-in-law, a stepmother, and now a grandmother. Each of these roles comes with special privileges, [...]
A Getting Ahead success story
The following is from Kathleen Webb, executive director of Children 1st in Wichita, Kansas. The day Mr. B moved into his new home We met M [...]
Microfarm Project provides opportunities to get ahead in Marion, Ohio
The following is a portion of an interview with Heidi Jones, executive director of the Marion Chamber of Commerce and former executive d [...]
“Hope is what this Bridges thing brings into the lives of our families!!”
The following is from Mona Ash, program director of Burlington Building Bridges in Burlington, Iowa. Breanna Erickson is a graduate of Class [...]
Portage Health Foundation values the process of building a Bridges community
In this podcast, Kevin Store, executive director of the Portage Health Foundation in Hancock, Michigan, talks about building a Bridges comm [...]
Getting Ahead graduate Serifa Donaldson encourages new graduates
The following has been lightly edited. Serifa Donaldson was a recent alumni speaker for a Burlington Building Bridges Getting Ahead graduati [...]
An Emotional Poverty strategy: the hand model
The following is an approximate transcript of the above video. I'd like to give you a hand model that was basically developed by a ma [...]
aha! Process now offering micro-credentials in various areas
aha! Process is now offering professional development micro-credentials, which allow participants to learn at their own pace, at their m [...]
Bucks County Opportunity Council helps people become self-sufficient
Below is a transcript of the above video. Erin Lukoss: Hi, I’m Erin Lukoss, the CEO and executive director of the Bucks County Opportunit [...]
The benefits of supporting your employees
Below is a lightly edited transcript of an interview with Brad Walker, office manager of True Manufacturing Company in Mexico, Missouri. The [...]
Getting Ahead graduate shares her GA investigations through poems
The following was submitted to aha! Process by Mona Ash, director of Burlington Building Bridges. It has been edited. Rachelle Woods is a g [...]
Tucker Signing Strategies—fast and fun
Fast and fun are adjectives that describe the type of strategies that were (are?) needed to counter the emotional and academic challenges im [...]
Learning about ACEs gives Getting Ahead graduate “aha” moment
The following is from Nichole Smith, Getting Ahead graduate (with ACEs supplement), of China Grove, North Carolina. Her Getting Ahead cohor [...]
Getting Ahead makes a strong comeback
The following is from Carol Bradshaw, Forward STEPS manager of Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana. COVID paused the Getting Ah [...]
Shifting mindsets with Getting Ahead
The following is from Jackson County United Way of Jackson County, Indiana. Getting out of poverty requires organization and cooperat [...]
Savings program gives incentives to Common Heart Getting Ahead participants
Common Heart, located in Indian Trail, North Carolina, began as a small faith-based anti-poverty organization in 2006 and has continued in [...]
My success story
The following is a testimonial from Dianna Jackson-Miller, a graduate of Burlington Building Bridges. It has been lightly edited. Growing up [...]
How do I hire employees, let alone retain them?
Unemployment numbers are improving. Are you back to your pre-covid levels back? Take a few minutes in this article to analyze the perspecti [...]
New seven-step action plans introduced for each sector
Check out these new seven-step action plans for our various sectors. We hope they will help you plan and launch your initiatives! Jump to: [...]
Supporting employees with resources to help with day-to-day struggles
The following is written by Darlene Shopher of Mexico, Missouri. The Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce’s Workforce Resource Assistance Program [...]
Getting Ahead graduate reflects on her transformation
The following is a speech given by Claire Downs, a recent Getting Ahead graduate from Central Indiana. The speech has been lightly edited. [...]
New release: Navigating Emotional Realities with Adults focuses on emotional poverty in the workplace
Why do I get along with some people at work so well and with others so poorly? Why does it seem like “I could cut the tension with a knife” [...]
3 ways to support employees who live in economic instability
Unconscious bias about economic class often surfaces in the workplace. Your brain is on autopilot, based on how you grew up. Mindsets, habi [...]
Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World demographic data provided by CharityTracker
CharityTracker provides regular reports on Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World outcomes that are related to improvements in stability, [...]
Are men and boys in crisis?
“Men and boys are lost; they are in a crisis of hopelessness,” states Dr. Anthony Bradley, author and professor of theology and ethics at T [...]