GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE:

The Bridges to Work Demonstration First Report to the Field

Bridges To Work Funders

Predemonstration costs for Bridges to Work were funded by the Office of Policy Development and Research of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration, The Ford Foundation, The Rockfeller Foundation, The John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and The Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Demonstration costs are funded by HUD; The Ford, MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations; and a variety of local sources at each of the five demonstration sites.

Public/Private Ventures is a national nonprofit organization that seeks to improve social policies and programs in both the public and private sectors, especially as they relate to youth and young adults. P/PV designs, tests and evaluates initiatives that increase supports and opportunities for residents of low-income communities; and provides training and technical assistance to policymakers and practitioners.

• We develop or identify strategies, models and practices that promote success in education, life skills and employment;

• We assess the effectiveness of new approaches, and analyze their critical elements and challenges, using rigorous research methodologies;

• We mine research results and implementation experiences for their policy implications, and communicate the findings to local, state and federal government decision-makers, and to leaders of the nonprofit and business sectors; and

• We create the building blocks–model policies, financing approaches, curricula, training materials and technical expertise–that are necessary to implement new approaches more broadly, to build staff capacity and strengthen basic institutions.

P/PV's current work encompasses both programs that respond to the needs of individuals, and community and institutional change efforts that strengthen supports and opportunities for all.

To carry out this work, P/PV's staff of experienced researchers, program developers and managers–supported by national and local foundations, corporations, and local, state and federal government agencies–work with community organizations, private employers, schools, employment and training organizations, state and local public agencies.

Public/Private Ventures
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2005 Market Street, Suite 900
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215/557-4400
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