In the News

Highlights of our work to connect disadvantaged individuals to employment:

It’s time to give workers basic skills (link to article)
Rob Carmona (STRIVE), Andy van Kleunen (National Skills Coalition), and Juan Salgado (Instituto del Progreso Latino), Politico
February 11, 2013

STRIVE and the problem of the long-term unemployed (link to article)
David Jones of Community Service Society, The Huffington Post
September 5, 2012

Social Worker proud to see job training program become reality TV (link to article)
Social Workers Speak, National Association of Social Workers
August 27, 2012

“Get to Work” Focuses on Social Worker’s Job Training Program (link to article)
Social Workers Speak, National Association of Social Workers
August 15, 2012

Boot camp for the “unemployable” (link to video)
Newsroom, CNN
August 13, 2012

TV Review: “Get to Work” (view pdf)
Hank Stuever, The Washington Post
August 13, 2012

“STRIVE” for Success (view pdf)
Elizabeth Lazarowitz, New York Daily News
August 13, 2012

Hardcore Job Program Helps Unlikely “Get to Work” (link to audio)
Tell Me More, NPR
August 13, 2012

TV shows gets unemployed to “Work” (link to article)
Jill Radsken, Boston Herald
August 13, 2012

“Get to Work” tracks a job-focused book camp for the least employable Americans (link to article)
Kristin Hohenadel, Fast Company
August 13, 2012

Tough Love in a Tough Job Market (link to article)
Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times
August 12, 2012

“Get to Work” focuses on painful economic realities (link to article)
Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times
August 12, 2012

A new documentary series about unemployment in America (link to video)
Let’s Talk Live, ABC7 DC
August 10, 2012

Group Strives to Spread Word on Unemployment Programs (link to article)
Emily Cahn, Roll Call
August 10, 2012

Sundance turns lens to the jobless (view pdf)
Patrick Gavin, Politico
August 8, 2012

Major Updates at STRIVE (view pdf)
NYC Employment and Training Coalition, Workforce Weekly
August 3rd, 2012

STRIVE – A Model for Helping the Chronically Unemployed (view pdf)
David Jones of the Community Service Society, “Urban Agenda” in the New Amsterdam News
August 2nd, 2012

San Diego ex-convicts featured on job-seeking reality show (link to article)
UT San Diego
August 1, 2012

STRIVE Gets $620K from Walmart for Skills Training (view pdf)
New York Nonprofit Press
July 31, 2012

STRIVE Gets $5 Million to Serve Juvenile Offenders (view pdf)
New York Nonprofit Press
June 28, 2012

STRIVE Helps Those Looking for Work Get Training (link to video)
PIX11 Morning News, WPIX
May 25, 2012

Mayor Bloomberg Visits STRIVE (link to video)
February 8, 2012

Reducing Black Joblessness, One Job at a Time (link to article)
Jarrett Murphy, City Limits
May 10, 2010

Feature on STRIVE (link to video)
CNN Student News
February 11, 2010

Lesley Stahl features “STRIVE” (link to video)
“60 Minutes,” CBS
May 4, 1997