Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft have collectively incurred $10 billion in expenses related to their massive job culls and cost cutting, while in return receiving $800 billion to their market caps as a reward from Wall Street. Totally ridiculous system. ft.com/content/9daf27…

Valerie of Center for Employment Opportunities uses #SNAP Employment & Training to help formerly incarcerated to find employment pulling down a 1:1 match w fed $. Funds support services & training like CDL or computer & work-based learning

The power of public-private partnerships took center stage in Portland, Maine today. Deputy Under Secretary, Stacy Dean, praised Maine for its approach to growing the economy and restoring individuals’ career pathways through SNAP E&T. “Maine is a model for the nation.”

Our next office hours will be at the Duvall Library on Thursday, February 23rd. If you're struggling w/things like getting your tax refund, Social Security & Veterans benefits, or need an expedited passport, we may be able to help. I hope you'll stop by! More to be announced soon

Ribbon cutting for the new Housing Hope community Twin Lakes Landing II. Congrats to new CEO Donna Moulton and retiring CEO Fred Safstrom. Great to see Rep. Suzan DelBene joining a standing room only crowd despite the morning snow.

I recently introduced a bipartisan bill to help increase health care access in rural areas. The 8th District is ~10,000 sq miles. Many people need to drive a distance to receive care. We need to ensure there are doctors in rural areas to provide that care. schrier.house.gov/media/press-re…

Need help with your taxes? Our partners @N__LAN is having a workshop. Let’s get it ✊🏿✊🏾

Join Aubrey Patino, Avalon’s Executive Director, on Monday March 20 at 11:00 am with our partners at U-M Family Medicine's AREP team for a virtual panel discussion for Health Equity Month. Info and registration at bit.ly/3lde1y4

Can we get 150 burgers to-go, please? We sent Ty, Cal, J.P. and Bryce to pick up In-N-Out in a golf cart... here’s how it went 🍔🍟

T minus 15 minutes til our first students arrive for Sound Careers in Healthcare 2023! Thanks to University of Washington for hosting this awesome event back in person for the first time since 2019!

What do you get when you bring together 400+ high school students, 20+ healthcare employers, and a dozen colleges? Our next generation of healthcare professionals finding their pathway CareerConnectWA Seattle Jobs Initiative Washington Alliance for Better Schools Seattle OED SBCTC Washington

SJI partner Workforce Snohomish presentation on community engagement in workforce development services. #nawb2023

Great day on the hill talking Snap E&T policy with the super smart SJI consulting team. Thanks to Rep. Kim Schrier, M.D. Rep. Suzan DelBene Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez for the great conversations on how to break the cycle of poverty in our communities

This is a brilliant thread on an insightful study. Economic inequities are rising post Covid. The “mental tax” on low income households trying to optimize every dollar is something we see every day Seattle Jobs Initiative with our participants.

SEATTLE HAS ELIMINATED THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS 🤯

Rut is amazing! Love to see her jumping into the race to make a difference in local politics! Workforce Development often is viewed as a state or national issue, when in reality its the local focus that gets stuff done!

Congrats to faculty member P. Sribhen Chandanabhumma, who was recently named a recipient of the University of Michigan Anti-Racism Research and Community Impact fellowship. Learn more about how the award will support an ongoing partnership with Ann Arbor's Avalon Housing here: bit.ly/3qxSkei

Quite the line up at Seatac today. Big boy brining up the rear! Isaac ✈ 🇺🇦 Alexander

This is great to see people calling out the struggles that low income individuals and families face every day. Let’s build a society that makes it easier to overcome those pressures.

Great study on sustaining community based partnerships and being more than just shared resources but mechanisms for change.