Friendship Sewing Cooperative
The Friendship Sewing Cooprative (FSC) offers a means of gaining economic self-sufficiency, supportive social networks, and self-confidence for African refugee women.
Working to Institutionalize Sex Education (WISE)
Through WISE, Eyes Open Iowa will assist 35 school districts to comply with state law requiring public schools to provide age-appropriate and research-based instruction in human growth and development in grades 1-12.
ReEngage Dubuque: Life Skills Seminar
ReEngage Dubuque works with students who have dropped out of high school and “re-engages” them to get their diplomas through alternate means.
Empowering Women to Economic Independence
PWG’s support, combined with other funds, will provide meals, recruitment, supplies, and operational costs for the Professional Women’s Group (PWG) program and Career Success Center to help women get a job, keep a job, and grow a career.
Teaching, Mentoring and Equipping St. Mark Families for Success
The overall goal of this project is to teach single mothers and girls social emotional skills, surround them with trusting mentors to practice and hone those skills, and equip them with tools needed to effectively implement what they learn.
Job Retention Support and Networking for Low-Resource Women
The mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.
Professional Women’s Group
PWG was created to promote employment retention and career advancement by providing valuable skill building information and support from other employed women.
Workforce Managers
Overcoming addiction is just the beginning for Iowa Family Works (IAFW) women at a residential substance abuse treatment center for women and their children in Council Bluffs.
The Community Producers Program: Economic Development for Refugee Agriculturalists
The Community Producers Program (CPP) is an initiative of the University of Northern Iowa to provide economic empowerment opportunities for refugee women in Waterloo to become economically self-sufficient, agricultural entrepreneurs.
Iowa Women in Trades Apprenticeship Opportunity Network – Core Grant
The University of Iowa Labor Center will set up a pre-apprentice program and a network to improve access to registered apprenticeships and ensure completion rates and job placement for women in the construction trades.
