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Career training, resume help, job fairs, and employment services connecting you with Houston's diverse job market.

Houston offers many advantages for businesses looking to save money on taxes and get help growing. Texas has no corporate or personal income tax, whic...

The Health Foundation of South Florida shows how different groups work together to make healthcare better for everyone. They share stories about docto...
Idealist.org is a website that helps people find jobs and volunteer work where they can make a positive impact. The site has many resources for people...

The Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) helps community groups across America make big changes that improve people's lives. Their biggest wins include: ...

The Institute for Global Leadership offers a special training program called Reconciliation Leadership that teaches people how to be better leaders by...

Young adults today are more educated than ever before, with record numbers earning college degrees. However, their incomes have barely grown in 50 yea...

The Up to Us organization teaches young people about how the national debt affects their economic future. The national debt is the money our governmen...

The Jessie Ball duPont Fund is changing how it gives money to nonprofits. Instead of giving small amounts to many groups, they will give bigger amount...
The union representing thousands of Starbucks workers is fighting against the company's plan to close five Seattle coffee shops in April. Four of the ...

Washington state has given out its first police hiring grants from a new $100 million program. The Kent Police Department got over $1.9 million to hir...

The Lead Listening Institute offers free resources to help people become better listeners. They have online quizzes to test your listening skills, gui...

The LISC Institute for Community Power offers free training and resources to help Houston residents become stronger community leaders. LISC (Local Ini...

The American Immigration Council explains work authorization, which allows non-citizens to legally work in the United States. This is important for ke...

MENTOR's Resource Library offers a huge collection of free guides, research, and training materials about youth mentoring. This national organization ...

MIT Solve runs a program called Economic Prosperity that helps people get better access to jobs and money through technology. They focus on helping pe...

Center of Life is a community organization in Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood that helps families and youth through free programs. Founded in 2002...

The National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) runs a job board with opportunities in civic engagement and dialogue work. Current openings ...

NCRC offers a free library of workplace leadership resources including videos, webinars, and articles. These materials help workplace leaders handle t...

The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union shows how a small team of nine people can build a powerful grassroots movement. They grew their email list by 226% in...
The National Mentoring Resource Center offers a free online library of research, toolkits, and training materials for mentoring programs. The collecti...
A two-week hands-on learning program at Bread and Puppet Theater in rural Vermont. Artists, printers, and creative people of all kinds can learn to ma...
DRK Foundation helps people find jobs making a difference in the world. They have job openings at their own foundation and at the organizations they s...
Citizen University offers job and internship opportunities for people who want to help build strong citizenship in communities. You can join their tea...
Feeding America has job openings for people who want to help end hunger in America. They hire people with different backgrounds and skills to work at ...
The Houston Food Bank is hiring people who want to help fight hunger in Houston. They offer full-time and part-time jobs where you can make a differen...
Students can join a program to learn how to help groups talk through important issues. The training takes one semester and teaches students how to gui...
This is a 4-week summer program where you live and work on a farm in Vermont with Bread & Puppet Theater. You'll learn to make and perform with puppet...
This program trains people to lead respectful conversations in communities dealing with conflict. Lead facilitators help groups talk through tough top...
Dayspring Partners is hiring software engineers to join their team in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood. They have openings for Senior Software Eng...
H-GAC is looking for local partners to help build a stronger broadband workforce in the region. Partners can help develop training programs and job op...
This federal bill works to create more manufacturing jobs right here in America. It supports businesses that make products in the U.S., which means mo...
A city initiative investing in historically underserved neighborhoods through infrastructure improvements, health access, workforce development, and c...
PARSA is a federal bill focused on protecting workers' retirement savings. It would update the rules to make sure the money you save for retirement is...
This resolution recognizes the important work of career and technical education (CTE) teachers and work-based learning coordinators. These educators p...
This bill would provide tax incentives to help people start their own businesses and become self-sufficient, especially people transitioning off publi...
This federal bill would create a study to see how well programs that teach people business and entrepreneurship skills are actually working. The goal ...
This bill would create new opportunities for Native American entrepreneurs by improving access to business development resources, capital, and technic...
The RELIEF Act would provide relief from trade-related economic impacts, helping American workers and businesses affected by tariffs and international...
This bill would strengthen apprenticeship programs across the country, giving more people the chance to learn job skills while they work. Apprenticesh...
This bill would update labor laws to better support freelancers, gig workers, and independent contractors, giving them more control over how they work...