In her latest blog for the Huffington Post, Fran reflects on this week's State of the Union Address and President Obama's commitment to create new jobs in the coming year. Fran suggests that job creation can be achieved through investing in nonprofits and their employees.
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The President's focus on job creation in the State of the Union was good news. Investing in community colleges and high speed rail to create new industries and develop a pipeline for people to move into careers is a great first step to re-employ America. We applaud the big ideas, but we'd like to point out where they are missing some-low hanging fruit.
The nonprofit sector employs 500,000 in New York, and 12.9 million individuals nationally. In New York alone the government contracts out about $4 billion to non profit organizations. Each nonprofit job brings value to a community. Continue Reading



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