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TD Bank is closing dozens of branches across 10 states: Here’s the full list of doomed locations

Fast Company Tech

Some of the locations were reported earlier by local publications, including the Philadelphia Business Journal. The branch closures were listed in filings to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). We’ve reached out to TD Bank for comment and to ask about the reason for the closures.

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Community is even better when it's face-to-face: Check out your local NTEN 501 Tech Club!

NTEN

Online community is pretty amazing stuff. These are informal local groups of those working in the nonprofit sector that meet on a regular basis to network and connect with colleagues, share information, and develop a local professional support network. ConnectVA partnered with NTEN in 2012 in launch a local club in Central VA.

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Americans' Urge to Help Overcomes Lock Down Limitations

VisionLink

This will reduce costs and streamline the volunteer recruitment process so help arrives faster to individuals and families hard hit by the pandemic and the disruption it causes in livelihoods, community services, and daily living. “As

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Emerge Career’s pre-release job training lands $3.2M seed and new state contracts

TechCrunch

Security and limited budgets at vocational and community colleges limit the amount of help they can actually offer people in the system, and courses from GEDs to trades often take a very “study by mail” approach during incarceration, or traditional brick and mortar one on release.

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How Bezos’ latest plan to protect forests could backfire

The Verge

Last year, after he pledged $10 billion to fight climate change, activists in the US called him out for not doing enough to cut down Amazon’s pollution or work with local communities while crafting his environmental plans. This time, he’s facing similar criticisms on a global scale. The worst-case scenario is they do a lot of damage”.

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Government contracts and nonprofit organizations: Problems and solutions

ASU Lodestar Center

There is a long history of nonprofit organizations partnering with the government, usually at the state level, through contracts to help provide for and respond to community needs. for the betterment of their communities. Both sectors must participate equally in the task force so that each. side is represented fully.

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Emerge Career’s tech-forward job training lets incarcerated folks hit the road on release

TechCrunch

” These providers tend to be local vocational schools and community colleges with very limited resources. There are also ways of getting the required paperwork, identification, and other personal and professional documents that are a logistical challenge unlikely to be taken on by a small local trade school.

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