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Emotional Poverty tools put to use in the classroom
If you are reading this, the odds are good that you have an incredible heart for young people. I have been blessed with the same heart, but [...]
New York program puts Getting Ahead While Getting Out to practical use
The Madison County (New York) Getting Ahead Coalition (part of the aha! Process Getting Ahead While Getting Out program), with the help of M [...]
I was okay living in the culvert until the city made me move
Recently, I provided a workshop to a group of professionals working to reduce instability in their county. When we were discussing housing, [...]
Truck stops offer an education in poverty-fighting resourcefulness
Many Americans are increasingly unable to pay their mortgages or make rent. The numerous reasons for this include continued increases in th [...]
Podcast—Building Learning Structures Inside the Head
The second of a series of four articles, in podcast form, that address poverty is titled "Building Learning Structures Inside the Head." Th [...]
What is happening to my relationships?
Last week, I released a blog titled “Make a difference for under-resourced college students.” In that blog post, we discussed how financial [...]
Make a difference for under-resourced college students
Whether or not your college intentionally sought to attract first-generation students or those from under-resourced backgrounds, they are a [...]
How CrossNet Ministries has incorporated Bridges Out of Poverty into its work and mission
CrossNet Ministries in New Holland, Pennsylvania, has made it a priority to incorporate Bridges principles and understanding into the onboa [...]
Do you create your own hiring problems?
Every company has employees who live in daily instability, meaning they do not have enough resources for today, let alone tomorrow. Employe [...]
Podcast—Understanding and Working with Students and Adults from Poverty
This is the first in a series of four articles that address poverty. The articles, in podcast form, will appear each month on the aha! Proc [...]
Main Street Ministries of Houston partners with Getting Ahead to help people find opportunities
Getting Ahead collaborator Main Street Ministries Houston, founded in 2009, brings together Operation ID and Shepherd’s Center, two establi [...]
Getting Ahead participants in Arizona complete financial literacy course
One of the final steps that Getting Ahead participants are encouraged to complete is a financial literacy course. The following information [...]
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, [...]
“Bridges Is a Place Non-Judgmental and Free”
The following poem was written by Tracie Shipp, a graduate of Burlington Building Bridges in Burlington, Iowa. Tracie is a Getting Ahead gra [...]
Mary the Getting Ahead Investigator
Originally published in the July 2022 issue of Synergy, a Hope for Tomorrow publication In a facilitated group setting, “Getting Ahead in a [...]
How Teachers Can Create Safer Classrooms
“If only they were motivated, if only they were not so angry, if only I felt safer.” School safety is now a primary concern for educators, w [...]
Three ways to improve the health of your employees
Living in daily instability is a risk factor for stress-related health issues. We all carry stress. One employee’s strongest stressor might [...]
How Getting Ahead helped a woman find herself
The following is a speech by Jade Dillard, a member of Class 12 (2022) of Burlington (Iowa) Building Bridges. Good evening everyone, I am h [...]
What in the World Is Agency Time?
A manager friend of mine once had an employee who disappeared every Tuesday at 1 p.m. My friend finally confronted her employee about the mi [...]
Did I make a bad hiring mistake? The Unspoken Cues and Habits of a Group—the Rules That Break Relationships at Work
Hidden rules, as defined by author and speaker Ruby Payne, are the unspoken rules of a group. Sports have hidden rules, as do religion, work [...]
Reduce the Violence Pandemic: Intervening in the Process That Helps Create a Mass Shooter
Why would an educator write about mass shooters? Because educators observe the process in the creation of a mass shooter. Educators operate [...]
Employee Instability and Company Profits
Employers are constantly looking for ways to increase productivity and motivation while improving the bottom line. Over the years, I have re [...]
The landscape is shifting in higher education, resulting in more complex student needs
Understanding and Engaging Under-Resourced College Students Workshop Under-resourced and first-generation students now comprise the majority [...]
Before You Quit Teaching free audiobook
Free! Unabridged! It's Ruby's Payne's book Before You Quit Teaching: Tools, Resources, and Hope for New Teachers in High-Poverty Classrooms [...]
Balancing my personal chaos often makes me late for work
I know I’m late but it’s only ten minutes and I can stay over if you want. I got kids, you know. My sorry excuse for a babysitter, she’s luc [...]