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Cleveland workforce programs offer wraparound supports, address barriers to employment

By Mandy Kraynak ● Economy ● January 24, 2023 January 23, 2023

Many employers have a shortage of workers, not job openings. But lack of access to transportation, child care, and health care are barriers that hinder people from obtaining and maintaining jobs.

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‘Do I eat that day?’ Cost of public transit burdens Cleveland job-seekers, GED students

By Mandy Kraynak ● Transportation ● December 13, 2022 December 15, 2022

Transportation costs are a barrier for many people who rely on public transit to get to literacy tutoring and job training. Nonprofits like Seeds of Literacy provide limited bus passes to those who need it, but the organizations – and RTA – face funding challenges.

Short-staffed: Employers must adapt to worker sentiment post-COVID-19

By Douglas J. Guth ● Economy ● December 1, 2022 November 30, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic caused many people to rethink their priorities, their work environments, and career choices. As more workers head toward gig work and freelance work-from-home jobs, Northeast Ohio employers are looking for new ways to attract and retain workers in a dwindling workforce.

ACCESS to real jobs: Uncommon training program gives the formerly incarcerated a second chance

By Lee Chilcote ● Development ● March 16, 2021 May 27, 2022

There are more than 8,000 open manufacturing jobs across the region, according to MAGNET. The ACCESS to Manufacturing Careers program is a workforce readiness initiative that gives returning citizens a second chance, helping them find good-paying jobs in the manufacturing sector.