Identify CA RISE Employment Partners This dashboard empowers CA RISE ESEs and leadership teams to identify and explore Employment Partners that represent strategic connections to the private sector and employability pathways for individuals. These partnerships can unlock new opportunities for workforce development, job placement, and income growth. Select an organization below to explore the ESE […]
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This resource is designed to help you navigate the complex state and federal funding ecosystem and guide you in exploring funding opportunities. It was developed by the REDF Government Partnerships and Policy team. The Playbook streamlines funding information and employment partnership opportunities for participating CA RISE Employment Social Enterprises, organizations working to reduce barriers to […]
This REDFworkshop page is dedicated to emerging resources to navigate changes that influence our field.
WIOA for Employment Social Enterprises Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding, distributed through the Department of Labor, serves as the nation’s primary source of funding for workforce initiatives. In 2023, REDF served as the technical assistance provider on a $10 million California Governor’s 15% Discretionary grant — awarded through California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) […]
Elections can significantly impact our work and the issues we are passionate about at both REDF and the ESE field. To help shape and navigate the outcome, here are resources to support your ESE and staff during the election season.
Attendees will learn about the core principles of TIC, understand its relevance in ESE settings, and explore practical strategies for integrating TIC into their work. The goal is to equip attendees with foundational knowledge of TIC to enhance their ability to support individuals who have experienced trauma, fostering more supportive and effective work environments.
Attendees will explore how understanding and applying TIC principles can transform their approach to managing conflict, particularly when working with individuals who have experienced trauma. By recognizing the signs of trauma and responding with empathy, participants will learn how to prevent escalation and foster a sense of safety and trust in high-stress situations.
Throughout Hopeworks’ two sessions, they detail the difference between becoming a “trauma-aware” organization (one that does the same things it always did but uses the language of trauma to describe it in new ways) and an actually trauma-informed organization (one in which outcomes and performance are radically different from using trauma informed tools).
In this session, the REDF Accelerator team will share a core, and evergreen, section of their curriculum — Radical Candor. Attendees in this workshop will leave with an understanding of and the chance to practice how it feels to combine two approaches: caring about the person and challenging issues directly, the ingredients for effective Radical Candor.
Dave Viotti, Founder and CEO of SMALLIFY, and a long-time friend of the REDF Community, will lead us through a highly engaging session focused on developing stronger connections to peers and colleagues via more effective communications and conflict styles.