As part of our expanding financial coaching program, we have contracted with an accounting professional to help our Members complete and file their income-tax return at no cost to the Member. With the help of generous volunteers and dedicated staff who have been willing to work six days per week, we expect to help 400 […]
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The newest fine-dining restaurant in Cincinnati will feed your soul as it fills your stomach. Social OTR, which opened February 7 in Over-the-Rhine, is a high-end dining laboratory – a collaboration between Findlay Market and CityLink Center that is preparing would-be chefs for a career as it prepares food for customers. The restaurant’s mission is
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Kenneth Mitchell accepted a full-time job last Friday. He hosted and cooked dinner for friends on Saturday. Before his first day on the job earlier this week, he opened his closet and pondered multiple options to wear. “It’s like, ‘wow, I have options,’” Mitchell said. “It’s nothing but for the grace of God.” As recently
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More than half of Greater Cincinnati residents in poverty have at least one job, which means hundreds of local companies have employees who need public assistance just to make ends meet. “I think that was news to many of the employers we work with,” said Meghan Cummings, Executive Director of the Women’s Fund of the
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Mike Kralik listened intently as local companies described the challenges and triumphs of hiring traditionally hard-to-hire individuals – those with criminal records or in poverty or facing other barriers to employment. Kralik is the plant manager at Continental Building Products, and they are considering a similar effort. In addition to tapping into a new pool
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After four people were shot in East Price Hill early this summer, Mitch Morris and our Phoenix Program outreach team spent two hours every Friday for six straight weeks on Warsaw Avenue, distributing water and flyers and talking about the role Cincinnati Works can play in changing lives. Mitch and his crew were joined at times by representatives
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The State of Ohio would need a forest’s worth of trees to print every law on its books, which is why many law offices only utilize the online version of the Ohio Revised Code. “The text is massive,” attorney Sasha Naiman said, stretching her hands as far apart as possible. “There are almost 1,000 laws
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