Posts Tagged ‘TIR-RWA’
Springfield WORKS Awarded $450,000 Community Empowerment and Reinvestment Grant
We are pleased to announce that Springfield WORKS/EDC 413 Works, Inc. has been awarded the 2024 Community Empowerment and Reinvestment Grant (CERP), funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Development. “This program seeks to develop, strengthen, and invest in community-led efforts to bring positive economic outcomes to communities that face historically disproportionate challenges to…
Read MoreSpringfield WORKS Hosts Community Empowerment Grant Press Event & Community Conversation
Springfield WORKS/Working Cities Challenge, a community-wide initiative with the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council, hosted a “Community Empowerment Grant Press Event & Community Conversation” earlier this week. The funding from a grant received at the beginning of 2023 was aimed at helping to facilitate systemic socioeconomic changes in the city of Springfield. Part of the…
Read MoreSpringfield WORKS is Adding a Trauma-Informed Lens to our Ready, Willing, and Able Assessment Tool!
The RWA assessment is used throughout communities to identify those who are ready, willing, and able to work. It is also used to see where communities needs greater investment to support the folks who live there. By adding the trauma-informed lens we hope to make the assessment even more inclusive, equitable, and informative! Here are…
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