Activities to Advance Equity
HIRE DC was developed to tackle to types of equity issues for two audiences:
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Small Nonprofit Organizations: It is not uncommon for smaller nonprofit organizations to either lack a database system altogether or if they do have one, not have the internal capacity to fully use the system. Thus, many smaller organizations are unable to share the impact of their efforts with the community-at-large, including potential investors.
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Clients: Often it takes the efforts of more than one workforce development organization to help make an individual job ready and then successfully obtain and retain employment. In DC, it can be difficult to coordinate services between workforce development organizations equipped to help an individual. The HIRE DC database was designed to help better coordinate services between partner agencies with the goal of reducing the amount of time a client schleps across town only to discover that the agency is not open or does not have the services needed.