Goodwill Part Of Team That Wins 2000 Hammer Award.The National Partnership for Reinventing Government National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR), originally the National Performance Review, was an interagency task force to reform the way the U.S. federal government works in the Clinton Administration. The NPR was created on March 3, 1993. in Washington, D.C. has awarded the 2000 Hammer Award to the Secretary's Welfare-to-Work Decennial de·cen·ni·al adj. 1. Relating to or lasting for ten years. 2. Occurring every ten years. n. A tenth anniversary. Project team: Goodwill Industries International, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census , and the U.S. Department of Labor. The award recognizes the agencies for work to recruit a labor force for the 2000 Census and to facilitate the hiring of welfare-to-work recipients. By doing so, the agencies saved the federal government an estimated $1.4 million per month in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF, often pronounced "TAN-if") is the July 1, 1997, successor to the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, providing cash assistance to indigent American families with dependent children through the United States Department of (TANF TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (previously known as AFDC) ) and other government support. "Working together, we cut across organizational boundaries to recruit welfare-to-work employees for Census 2000 jobs and equip these individuals for long-term employment," said Fred Grandy Fred Lawrence Grandy (born June 29, 1948) is a former actor who became a member in 1986 of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. Grandy was born in Sioux City, Iowa. , president and chief executive officer of Bethesda, Md.- based Goodwill Industries International. "The program participants developed new skills and abilities that will help them compete for and secure jobs in today's workforce." Though the collaboration between Goodwill, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Departments of Labor and Commerce, 8,400 individuals received training at Goodwill and subsequently passed the Census employment test. And, so far, 3,238 have been placed in competitive jobs in their community, said Christine Nyirjesy Bragale, media relations manager at Goodwill. Overall, the U.S. Department of Commerce has hired 37,761 welfare recipients. Of these, 37,621 worked on the 2000 Census and other related projects, and 240 are employed throughout the department. "This joint recruitment effort successfully merges the goals of the 2000 Census and the Welfare-to-Work Initiative," said Grandy. Goodwill became involved in the 2000 Census project through a Goodwill-Census Bureau partnership established in May, 1999, and then a competitive grant of $20 million, awarded to the agency by the U.S. Department of Labor in September, 1999. Under the terms of the grant, Goodwill committed to recruit Census workers and place 5,120 welfare-to-work eligible individuals in permanent, competitive employment by March, 2001. Access To Foundation Growth And Giving A Click Away Grant seekers can now go online to find out specific information regarding foundation growth and giving patterns by clicking on www.fdncenter.org. This latest resource provides free access to data on U.S. private and community foundations and their funding patterns. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Foundation Center's Director of Research Steven Lawrence
The breadth of knowledge found in FC Stats is of particular value to nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. managers, fundraising consultants, foundation executives and program staff, according to Loren Renz, vice president for research. "Philanthropic giving is at an all-time high and this has sparked even greater interest in trends in foundation growth and giving," said Renz in a written statement. Clint Carpenter |
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