Funder Q&A with Rebecca Allen of Melville Charitable Trust

Becca Allen, Program Officer, Melville Charitable Trust Rebecca Allen, Program Officer, Melville Charitable Trust The Melville Charitable Trust is the largest foundation in the US exclusively focused on ending homelessness. Located in Connecticut, Melville works in the intersections of homelessness, health, and economic security. We chatted with Becca about Secure Jobs Connecticut, an effort to…

Funder Q&A with Sara Levin of United Way of King County

Sara Levin, Vice President, Community Services, United Way of King County Sara Levin, Vice President, Community Services, United Way of King County United Way of King County has three core missions – help students graduate, end homelessness, and break the cycle of poverty. They seek innovative solutions to challenges in their community that they can…

Getting Ahead: An adult student’s guide to public benefits in Illinois

Developed by the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, this guide provides advice on how students can access much-needed supports that increase college completion. These include child care, health care, food assistance, cash assistance, housing, tax benefits, and more. To learn more about students’ access to public benefits, view our video conversation with the…

A Conversation with Wendy Pollack, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law [VIDEO!]

In this brief video, Wendy reviews barriers to college access for workers, current policies affecting access at both the state and national levels, and ideas for ways philanthropy can reduce the barriers to college access and increase college completion. The Shriver Center developed a guide for students called Getting Ahead: An Adult Student’s Guide to…