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Paradox Prize grants available to groups helping workers without cars get to their jobs

NewsBy Christopher OldhamOctober 14, 2019Leave a comment

CLEVELAND, Ohio – It’s called the “transportation paradox” and it goes like this. “No car, no job; no job, no car.” Acknowledging that a dependable ride to work is a stumbling block to permanent employment, several local organizations are offering the “Paradox Prize” as a solution to the transportation dilemma, according to the Fund for…

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Community Action Wayne/Medina wins $100,000 Paradox Prize

NewsBy Christopher OldhamOctober 4, 2019Leave a comment

CLEVELAND — Community Action Wayne/Medina has won $100,000 as part of The Paradox Prize, a competition to support pilot programs that will connect people to jobs in Northeast Ohio.

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Paradox Prize Names Two More Winners

NewsBy Christopher OldhamOctober 4, 2019Leave a comment

There are two more winners of funding in The Paradox Prize initiative, a program created by the nonprofit Fund for Our Economic Future to get organizations and people thinking about solutions to what the Fund calls the transportation paradox of “no car, no job; no job, no car.”

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Paradox Prize Round 2 Winners Announced

NewsBy Christopher OldhamOctober 4, 2019Leave a comment

CLEVELAND–October 4, 2019–Community Action Wayne/Medina and Laketran have won funding to support pilot efforts that will connect people to jobs in Northeast Ohio, as part of The Paradox Prize initiative seeking to address the “no car, no job; no job, no car,” paradox in the region.

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Cuyahoga County, The Cleveland Foundation Join as Sponsors of The Paradox Prize

NewsBy Christopher OldhamSeptember 10, 2019Leave a comment

CLEVELAND–September 10, 2019–Cuyahoga County and the Cleveland Foundation have joined the Fund for Our Economic Future, the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, Greater Cleveland Partnership, The Lozick Family Foundation, and DriveOhio as sponsors of The Paradox Prize, an open call for ideas to improve connections of people to jobs.

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Paradox Prize Round One Winners

NewsBy Christopher OldhamAugust 20, 2019Leave a comment

The first winners of the Paradox Prize are helping to bridge the transportation gap for Northeast Ohio workers. Three ideas were chosen for funding from 53 entries. Ideas include using idle church vans to get Cleveland workers to suburban jobs, a door-to-door service for employees in Akron, and ride sharing to bring workers to job…

Pilot programs rewarded with Paradox Prize grant money to test out, launch new transportation ideas

NewsBy Christopher OldhamAugust 12, 2019Leave a comment

Three projects are getting a combined $191,000 from The Fund for Our Economic Future as part of the Paradox Prize, an effort to help workers get to their jobs. The fund is trying to solve the Transportation Paradox: workers don’t have a car, so they can’t get a job, but they don’t have a job,…

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Paradox Prize Winners Announced: Manufacturing Works, Akron Metro and SHARE Receive Round 1 Awards

NewsBy Christopher OldhamAugust 9, 2019Leave a comment

What if church vans were used during the week to transport nearby residents to work in job hubs that are difficult or impossible to get to by public transit? What if a public transit agency offered an on-demand shuttle service for workers to get to jobs in areas where traditional transit service doesn’t meet the…

Three winners announced in $1M Paradox Prize competition to link urban workers to suburban jobs

NewsBy Christopher OldhamAugust 9, 2019Leave a comment

The Fund for Our Economic Future today announced the first three winners in its $1 million Paradox Prize competition, a project aimed at helping workers to reach jobs in sprawling suburbs poorly connected to urban core neighborhoods by public transit.

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Three groups will share Paradox Prize money

NewsBy Christopher OldhamAugust 9, 2019Leave a comment

Three ideas to make it easier for people to get to work will share $191,000 to bring their ideas to fruition. The three are the first winners of the Paradox Prize, a program created by the nonprofit Fund for Our Economic Future to get organizations and people thinking about solutions to what the Fund calls…

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