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U.S. Chamber Foundation and America’s Charities Partner to Help Companies Support their Employees Facing Hardships

Marc DeCourcey
Jim Starr
May 21, 2019
Corporate Citizenship Center
employee assistance funds stock photo
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For nearly 20 years, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has been helping the private sector prepare and respond to both natural and man-made disasters. During this time, its portfolio of work has evolved alongside the private sector to continue to meet the needs of the community.

At the Top of Their Game: Messi, Gates, Wooten share talent, opportunity, and environment to thrive

Scott Heimlich, Vice President, Amgen Foundation
Education
K-12 Education
Postsecondary Education
May 9, 2019
Center for Education and Workforce
Dr. Wendy Wooten engages her students in the labs of the Amgen Biotech Experience at Reseda High Charter School in Los Angeles
© Amgen. Photo by Evelyn Perez.
Given we all do play a role in shaping the culture of our organizations, teams and communities with every minute and every interaction – whether we intend to or not – how should we go about creating a culture that doesn’t just lead to innovative leaders, but that leads to growth and meaning and ownership in our young people in particular?

Joining Forces to Mobilize Business on Early Childhood Education

Julia Barfield, MPH, MSW
Early Childhood Education
Education
K-12 Education
Women
April 25, 2019
Center for Education and Workforce
Early Childhood Education as a Workforce Issue, TwitterChat Recap
On Wednesday, April 17, the U.S. Chamber Foundation co-hosted a Twitter chat with Save the Children Action Network (SCAN) to engage a broad audience in a conversation about early childhood education as a critical workforce issue. The goal of the chat was to engage individuals, advocates, and employers across the country in a focused discussion where we could all collectively share the data, stories, and research behind this two-generation challenge. We were thrilled with the turnout.

Optimizing Talent Supply Chains: Stop the Leakage

Jim Smith, CEO, Kinetic Potential Scholars
Education
Workforce Training
April 23, 2019
Center for Education and Workforce
Talent Supply Chains, Stop the Leakage
© 2019 Getty Images
Increasingly human resource professionals are applying supply chain theory to the growing misalignment of talent available to meet 21st century workforce needs. There are a number of drivers at the root cause of this trend, one notable driver being the technological evolution that has dramatically changed the skillset required for workforce demand.

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