AmeriCorps partnership to develop activities for modernization of volunteer service
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AmeriCorps and the US Administration for Community Living have entered into an understanding to modernize the service of volunteers.
Search Results for Childcare
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Roddy Scheer: The climate benefits of a four-day workweek
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Nearly 200 companies across the globe have completed six-month trials of a four-day workweek with promising results.
Goodwill Industries ready for ‘one vital step forward’ with first adult high school in Virginia
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The Virginia DOE has approved the first adult high school to be operated by Goodwill Industries of the Valleys in Roanoke at Melrose Plaza.
Waynesboro School Board meeting on Tuesday night to include ‘trial run’ of Owl cameras
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Waynesboro Public Schools will test new Owl cameras Tuesday night at its School Board meeting with a goal to begin recording meetings for the public in March.
Waynesboro’s HERO: Nonprofit aims to help prevent utility cutoffs, evictions
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For someone struggling to make ends meet due to an unforeseen expense, finding an organization that may be able to help them and finding the time to reach out can be difficult.
SCCF to participate in first national cohort focused on economic recovery
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The Shenandoah Community Capital Fund will participate in the first cohort of Economic Recovery Corps (ERC) fellows and host communities.
Staunton begins 2025 budget season with joint discussion of school system needs
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Staunton City Council and Staunton School Board held a joint work session on January 25 to discuss the fiscal year 2025 school budget.
U.S. House votes to pass Child Tax Credit, which would lift 16M kids out of poverty
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The U.S. House voted 357-70 on Wednesday night to pass, in rare bipartisan unity, an expansion of the Child Tax Credit, with the bill passing tonight increasing the refundable portion of the CTC to $1,800 for 2023, $1,900 for 2024, and $2,000 for 2025.
BLS data shows job layoffs in Virginia decreased 10 percent in 2023
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A decrease in layoffs in the Commonwealth was reported for November 2023 by the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement.
Bitter cold temperatures ahead to complicate life for unhoused individuals in the Valley
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For the region’s homeless, the colder temperatures are especially brutal, and even with cold-weather shelters available at night, during the day, staying warm is a challenge.
