“Policy makers have dropped the ball completely in terms of dealing with this devastating long-term trend of ever-increasing economic insecurity for American families. Long-term solutions that have to do with extensive job creation and a strengthening of the safety net are required.”

                       – New York Times columnist Bob Herbert

From his New York Times column, “Long term economic pain.”

Together with MatchBridge, we hosted Dress For Success with the help of United Way Ambassador Nnamdi Asomugha. Already we’ve learned that some of the young people at the event have been hired.

Learn more about MatchBridge, or Emerging Leaders.

“Because of the economy and because of availability of housing in San Francisco, every day there are families moving into hotels,”

-Mattias Mormino of the SRO Families United Collaborative, a partnership of five organizations.

From A Family Home in an SRO, Mission Loc@l

“We are rising above the challenges. As soon as we get vaccine, we are getting it out on the street. It does no good sitting in the fridge.” — Robin Cox, Solano County public health education manager.

From The Vacaville Reporter, “Flu vaccine won’t sit in Solano County’s fridge.”

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