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28.09.2009
Projects
To increase public awareness of its work, the Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board in New Bern retained South by North Strategies to author an annual report and case statement.
The centerpiece of the project was the preparation and publication a 16-page report entitled Charitng Pathways to Prosperity. The report built a concise case for the board’s work, answered commonly-asked questions and explained the various “winners” from the board’s services.
27.09.2009
Projects
As part of a larger study sponsored by Oxfam America, South by North Strategies prepared a white paper analyzing low-wage work in 12 southern states.
The report, which was entitled New South, Old Problem: Low-Wage Work in Today’s South, estimated the number of low-wage working families living in the region, described the key demographic traits of those families, and analyzed their experiences in the labor market. It also contained a discussion of promising approaches (policy and programmatic) for addressing low-wage work.
26.09.2009
Projects
To communicate the results of rigorous, multi-year program evaluation to a broad public, The HOPE Program, a nonprofit provider of job-training services in New York City, retained South by North Strategies to prepare a findings report.
The resulting 16-page document, entitled Turning HOPE Into Opportunity, built a concise, compelling case for the organization’s services to low-income individuals and documented the impact that those services had on the employment prospects and earnings of program participants.