This organization creates alternative pathways to tech careers by providing apprenticeships to veterans and others, and supporting tech firms in finding untapped talent.
This organization creates alternative pathways to tech careers by providing apprenticeships to veterans and others, and supporting tech firms in finding untapped talent.
Basta aims to close the employment gap for first-generation students, who lag peers in getting high-paying first jobs with a career ladder. Basta’s model builds a bridge between employers and an untapped talent pipeline by providing career-prep programs and partnering with employers.
This nonprofit supports people in overcoming obstacles, such as substance abuse, underemployment, and housing instability, to achieve a stable life. It focuses on youth, veterans, people with disabilities, and those referred from the criminal justice system.
This organization aims to better prepare the workforce for high-demand, good-paying jobs in the greater Fresno region. This collaborative effort involves employers, educational and training institutions, and nonprofits in connecting young adults with paid internships and other work-based learning opportunities, and giving employers access to this pipeline of talent.
This workforce and economic development organization in West Virginia creates opportunity in central Appalachia. It scales programs, incubates social enterprises, and supports community revitalization projects.
Covenant House provides a continuum of care for homeless youth and has become the largest private shelter organization for homeless kids, with 31 locations spanning North and Central America. The Texas branch primarily serves Houston and Harris County.
This nonprofit brings together people, information, and resources to increase educational and job attainment in the Coastal Bend of Texas. WoodNext supported the development of Elevate 361 Young Adult ReEngagement Center in the City of Corpus Christi. This center coaches out-of-school and out-of-work young people back onto pathways that lead to academic achievement, skills development, credentials, and employment.
Formation Ventures is a youth entrepreneurship mentorship program and online learning platform for high school students and young adults.
This tech-enabled nonprofit aims to end generational poverty and recidivism by accelerating economic mobility for returning citizens. It provides trucking training and job placement for formerly incarcerated people.
This tuition-free adult charter high school awards industry recognized and high school diplomas to adult learners in Austin, TX.
Harmony House serves low-income individuals at risk of homelessness as well as chronically homeless individuals with disabling conditions, providing permanent and transitional housing and primary health care. WoodNext supports Harmony House’s housing for working but homeless men. This residential program provides services for men who are ready to make the transition from homelessness to recovery and independence.
JFF aims to eliminate obstacles to employment by transforming the U.S. education and workforce systems. Its Employment Technology Fund invests in entrepreneurs who are developing technology solutions to train and upskill low-income and low- and middle-skill adults and connect them to employment opportunities.
LifeWorks Austin addresses youth homelessness via housing, counseling, and education/workforce programs. In addition to general support for the organization, WoodNext supported a workforce program to help homeless youth in Austin achieve educational goals, increase employability, gain independent living and parenting skills, and set themselves on a path to self-sufficiency.
This nonprofit provides a range of services related to basic needs, financial literacy, disaster assistance, workforce and entrepreneurship training, literacy, immigration legal services, mental health, and more. WoodNext is supporting MAM programming for mental health support, financial education, and employment services.
MAM Houston provides a range of services related to basic needs, financial literacy, disaster assistance, workforce and entrepreneurship training, literacy, immigration legal services, mental health, and more. WoodNext supported MAM’s campaign to build a new workforce and entrepreneurship building in Houston.
This nonprofit provides residents from disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley with the opportunity to experience flight and begin training for careers in aviation. Its Next Generation Aviation academy teaches youth about aviation careers.
This nonprofit strives to meet basic human needs through assistance in food, shelter, health, and financial stability, with a commitment to helping Houston individuals and families in crisis. WoodNext supported the organization’s behavioral health services, including a school-based behavioral health program in the Aldine Independent School District. We also supported the Meals on Wheels and Senior Center programs.
This nonprofit accelerates educational outcomes for rural youth across America by building the capacity of residents and local leaders to develop, implement, and sustain place-based solutions to the challenges they face. WoodNext supported PRI’s Cradle to Career Initiative in Rural East Texas.
WoodNext is funding scholarships to support nursing students at PVAMU.
This nonprofit supports the families of ill, wounded, or deceased Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps Special Operations Personnel, as well as those of Medal of Honor Recipients. It provides “cradle to career” support for Special Operation Forces’ children, including financial and other assistance from preschool to college to career transition programs. It also provides immediate financial assistance to severely combat-wounded, ill, and injured personnel.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext provides essential financial support for clinical psychology trainees, helping to offset training costs and cover expenses in their clinic. This support is crucial for students as they complete their exams and apply for accredited internships required for licensure.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext supported the development of a new, affordable pharmacy tech certification training program, with the longer-term goal of addressing the severe pharmacy technician shortage problem in Texas.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. The university’s Department of Educational Psychology provides a School Counseling Online M.Ed. Program, a master’s program that prepares highly qualified individuals for careers as school counselors. WoodNext supports the program by covering certification expenses and providing scholarships, thus lowering barriers to entry and helping to expand school-based mental health care across Texas.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. Texas A&M runs a Space Institute that aims to make the university a leader in space exploration and talent development. WoodNext is sponsoring an innovation garage for the in-house development and testing of rovers, space suits, and other surface systems as America returns to the Moon and to Mars.
The Texas A&M Foundation ensures gifts are used to further research and other charitable opportunities at the university in alignment with donors’ passions. WoodNext is supporting mental health workforce development in the college health setting through new technology-based training and financial support of students enrolled in mental health programs.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the world’s top universities and a leading research university. The university’s Graduate School of Social Work offers a range of programs and degrees. WoodNext is supporting scholarships for the school’s master of science in social work (MSSW) accelerated program, which aims to expand the therapist workforce by enabling students with a bachelor’s degree to obtain MSSW certification in one year.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the world’s top universities and a leading research university. WoodNext is funding the launch of a two-year, post-graduate scholarship program that provides logistical and financial support to help licensed masters of social work (LMSWs) become licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs). Texas’s mental and behavioral health workforce has critical unmet needs, including a workforce shortage. While both certifications enable holders to provide social services, LCSWs are specifically trained to provide mental health services, including psychotherapy. The program expands the mental health workforce and increases employment opportunities for LMSWs.
This organization aims to reduce crime in Texas by facilitating a smooth transition into society for all individuals with criminal backgrounds, including formerly incarcerated individuals.
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