MORE►
homeless
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 Natalie Le |
Jun 5, 2019
At the 24th annual Kids' University summer camp, the mission is simple: inspire participants to stay in school, pursue college, and consider a multitude of future career paths and possibilities.
MORE►
by Payton Potter |
Feb 27, 2019
SMU's Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity is lowering the entry barrier to blockchain and finding high-tech solutions to poverty, environmental issues, homelessness, and roadblocks in healthcare—and it's just getting started.
MORE►
by Lance Murray |
Mar 28, 2018
North Texas educational institutions and nonprofits receive financial backing for their programs from foundations and businesses.
MORE►
The Forest Theater in the Forest District. [Photo: Michael Samples]
TREC Commits $1M to Revive Forest Theater, MLK Blvd
by Nicholas Sakelaris | Dec 1, 2017
The Dallas Catalyst Project is a three-year commitment by The Real Estate Council Foundation to the Fair Park area of South Dallas.
MORE►
by Lance Murray |
Sep 25, 2017
The HIE connects the hospital system to social services organizations to help physicians and case managers better coordinate health care among disadvantaged patients.
MORE►
by Chloe Bennett |
Jul 12, 2017
They created farm-to-fork donation service, McKinney Roots, to bring more nutritious foods to low-income McKinney families.
MORE►
by Heather Noel |
May 17, 2017
Soulgood owner Cynthia Nevels plans to feed at least 800 homeless kids this year through the company’s new “Gifts to Tyler” initiative.
MORE►
Photo by Christena Dowsett.
The Human Impact
by Tara Nieuwesteeg | Feb 15, 2016
Elisabeth Jordan and Elissa Romines, co-founders of the Human Impact, help homeless people in a remarkable and simple way. They don’t have a food pantry or run a shelter. They don’t collect cans and drop them off under a bridge every so often. Instead, they’re part of the community. They’re out on the streets, making friends and coming back to visit, day after day, week after week.
MORE►
by Emily Heft |
Jan 14, 2016
The Encore Park project is the brainchild of Dallas’ First Presbyterian Church and its community ministry The Stewpot, which provides services to homeless.
MORE►
