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BRE Properties Named MatchBridge Employer of the Month

July 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Strong support for programs like RE4TA is why BRE Properties was recently named Spirit of the Bay award winners

For the last three years, MatchBridge has teamed up with the real estate industry to offer the youth they serve an leg up in finding positions within the industry. The program is called Real Estate 4 Tomorrow’s Adults (RE4TA) and is a partnership between MatchBridge, United Way of the Bay Area, and the San Francisco Real Estate sector.

While RE4TA has created many outstanding partnerships for MatchBridge, one company has stood out in its dedication to the community and youth employment. Year after year, BRE Properties has gone above and beyond for the RE4TA initiative. This is why they are MatchBridge’s employer of the month!

In its first year, Connie Moore, BRE Properties’ CEO, stepped up to head the Founders’ Circle, comprised of many prestigious firms including: AMB Property Corp., BRE Properties, Cushman & Wakefield, Sares Regis Group, Sunset Development, TMG Partners, Webcor Builders and UDR Inc. Since then, Connie has provided steady leadership, spoken on behalf of the program on numerous occasions, and has gone above and beyond behind-the-scenes to support the MatchBridge program at every opportunity.

Throughout the years, BRE Properties has broken the record for creating the most placements for young jobseekers interested in the industry. BRE’s aggressive approach to creating opportunities for young jobseekers truly exemplifies the concept of building up the workforce of tomorrow.

In the past, Connie Moore has even personally come in with a team of managers to lead RE4TA seminars to help guide and instruct the interns as they start their careers.

This summer, 36 internships were provided by MatchBridge’s RE4TA program, five of them with BRE Properties. During their term, interns have the opportunity to look further into real-estate specific roles like property management and residential sales or they can choose to sign onto more general departments like marketing, office management, and outside sales.

RE4TA, and the experiences of its participants, would not be possible without the continuing dedication and support of companies like BRE Properties. MatchBridge thanks all of the volunteers, companies, and interns for taking part in this year’s program and investing in tomorrow’s workforce.

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Video: Take Action for 211

July 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

United Way has produced a short video from last week’s “Pass H.R. 211″ press conference and rally with U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo.  Check it out!

Take action to support 211 today: visit www.liveunited.org/211, where you can quickly identify your Congressional representatives and send an email to urge them to bring H.R.211 to a vote.

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Changing The Odds For The Next Generation

July 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment

According to a new report posted on the Urban Institute almost half of all children born into poverty remain in poverty throughout their lives. In their report on Childhood Poverty Persistence the authors point out that “49 percent of American babies born into poor families will be poor for at least half their childhoods…Among children who are not poor at birth, only 4 percent will be “persistently” poor as children.”

As our economy struggles to recover from the Great Recession, which know has meant rising levels of children living in poverty, reports like this are discouraging. In California alone, nearly a quarter of the state’s children could be living beneath the federal poverty line due to the recent recession.

Almost of half of all children born into poverty remain in poverty as adults

The report suggests that helping provide families with multiple supports such as income assistance, child care subsidies, and opportunities for education can help mitigate the chance of passing poverty on to the next generation. This is very much in keeping with our strategies for poverty reduction through programs like our SparkPoint Centers which combine multiple programs over time, to help families.

Some of the report’s other findings include:

  • 13 percent of all children (40 percent of black children and 8 percent of white children) are born poor.
  • 37 percent of children live in poverty for at least a year before reaching age 18.
  • 10 percent of children spend at least half their childhood years (9 years or longer) in poverty.
  • Black children are 9 times more likely than white children to be poor for at least three-quarters of their childhoods — 18 percent versus 2 percent.
  • 69 percent of black children and 31 percent of white children who are poor at birth stay poor for least half their childhoods.

Caroline Ratcliffe and Signe-Mary McKernan, the authors of “Childhood Poverty Persistence: Facts and Consequences, go on to say that “Because poverty status at birth is linked to worse adult outcomes, targeting resources to children born into poverty and their families would help particularly vulnerable people. “

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