We hope you are staying safe and healthy this summer. As we wrote in our last newsletter, our programs staff and participants continue to adapt and find success despite these difficult circumstances. If you are wondering what that work looks like, consider joining us for our Behind the Scenes online series this month. Remember, it’s an election year — make sure you’re registered to vote, and sign up for our Advocacy Alerts. As always, we’re glad to have you with us.

This quarter’s newsletter includes:

• You’re Invited: Behind the Scenes Series
  Join us on Zoom for a look into how EMPath is disrupting poverty on three levels.

• Advocacy Actions
  Make sure you’re registered to vote! Find all you need to know about voting in Massachusetts on our Voting Information page. And be sure to sign up for our advocacy alerts to raise your voice outside the ballot box, too.

• Disrupting the Poverty Cycle Conference
  Our biennial conference is going virtual! Join us October 6-9 starting at 12:00 PM ET.

• Flagship Program FY20 Highlights
  EMPath’s five-year flagship program, Career Family Opportunity (CFO), is the original pilot of EMPath’s coaching approach. In Fiscal Year 20, participants in CFO had a goal achievement rate of 70%, earned 16 degrees or certificates, increased their monthly income by an average of $1,454, and increased their credit score by an average of 56 points. AMAZING!

• Participant Perspective: Mikeya
  Mikeya began working with EMPath in 2017 after seeing an advertisement on the train. Since then, with the support of her EMPath mentor, she has accomplished goals across many areas of her life. Today Mikeya works as the Administrator of Food and Nutrition at the Boston Public Health Commission, where she runs food service operations for the Commission’s homeless shelters and supports shelter guests in getting jobs. Read the full story here.

• Funder Feature: Lincoln and Therese Filene Foundation
  The Lincoln and Therese Filene Foundation has been a generous donor to EMPath for nearly 20 years. We spoke with David Ladd, the foundation’s Human Development and Self-Sufficiency Committee Chair and the great-grandson of Lincoln and Therese.

• Outcomes Workgroup
  If you’re a nonprofit professional, program or data manager, evaluation specialist, policy advocate, or funder, we’d love to have you join us at our next Outcomes Workgroup meeting, Anti-Racist Accountability in Data Collection and Analysis with Dr. Akuoma Nwadike.

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