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Cornbread Hustle
Cheri Garcia, founder and CEO of Cornbread Hustle, pitching her company at United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' The Pitch in 2021. [File photo]
The Last Word: Cornbread Hustle CEO on Giving ‘Second Chances’ via Jobs to People in Transition
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jul 15, 2024
Garcia's Cornbread Hustle is a staffing agency that helps people with criminal records and those in recovery find meaningful employment, by working with "forward-thinking companies" that value second-chance hiring.
by Alex Edwards |
Apr 23, 2021
At United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' fifth annual social innovation competition, local staffing agency for second chances Cornbread Hustle won $145,000 in funding. Also announced was United Way's plans to expand its social innovation work in North Texas with a new incubator program exclusively for women and entrepreneurs of color.
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The Pitch: Better Block Foundation Named Social Innovator of the Year, New $1M Competition Announced
by Dave Moore |
Oct 29, 2020
In addition to the surprise reveal of a new $1 million prize, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas also announced the nine fellows picked for its 2021 accelerator and a social impact investment in on-demand nail service Cherry (created by the founders of rewardStyle and Bumble).
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 20, 2020
Five fellows from United Way of Metropolitan Dallas' Social Innovation Accelerator will present their ideas in health, income, or education for the chance at $235,000 in funding. Tickets are on sale now for the all-virtual event on Oct. 28.
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Cherie Garcia, Susy Solis, and Robert Bennett are co-founders of Cornbread Hustle.
Cornbread Hustle Expands, Gives Second Chances For Felons
by Amy Wolff Sorter | Jul 5, 2017
The free, 90-day “transformation program” is providing assistance to returning citizens from jail or prison or recovering addicts by training them how to be entrepreneurs.
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