2011 Corporate Responsibility Report - JPMorgan Chase

education courses, adult literacy outreach,
job training, money management basics
and credit repair. Many of our employees
also volunteer their time and skills to help
jobseekers of all ages with writing résumés
and polishing interview skills to help
improve their chances of securing work.
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky
We made a $200,000 grant to Goodwill
Industries of Kentucky to renovate and
expand its campus into a “Center for
Education & Employment,” a citywide
destination for jobs and job training
services for people who face barriers
to employment. Our grant helped
Goodwill modernize its employment
counseling facilities to provide space for
job counseling, increase the number of
training jobs it offers and expand its Adult
Learning Center.
Goodwill of
Southern
Nevada
We also helped expand the Career
Connections centers at Goodwill of
Southern Nevada, Inc., which provide
jobseekers with services such as career
advice, résumé writing and interview
skills training, job search tools and oneon-one
counseling. Career Connections
also offers bilingual career specialists,
internet, telephone, fax and copy center
access for individuals to conduct their job
searches and apply for jobs, and provides
access to job fairs, all free of charge. Last
year alone, Career Connections put 1,255
people back to work utilizing creative
partnerships with 550 local employers. In
an effort to respond to the most pressing
needs of their local community, Goodwill
of Southern Nevada, Inc. is currently
expanding its capacity to serve veterans
through its nationally certified workforce
development services.
Nonprofit
Organizations in
Detroit, MI
We donated a
total of $325,000
to nonprofit
organizations
in Detroit, Michigan, to enhance their
workforce development and employment
programs. With our donation, the Greening
of Detroit and City Connect employed
teens and adults from low- and moderateincome
families and trained them to
plant trees, cultivate urban gardens and
beautify neighborhoods in conjunction with
community groups.
Our donation
also allowed
Urban
Neighborhoods
Initiative to
expand its sixmonth
business
apprenticeship program. The program
provides youth with financial literacy
training, on-the-job experience, career
development workshops, college tours
and job skills training. (See Supporting
Education section for more information on
how we are preparing university students
to enter the workforce.)
Social Mobility
Foundation,
Aspiring
Professionals
Programme
We donated
£125,000 to the Social Mobility Fund
(SMF) in the United Kingdom. SMF
provides young people with mentoring,
internships, university application support
and skills development throughout
their sixth-form and university years.
Through our donation, we are funding the
introduction of a banking/finance pilot to
SMF’s Aspiring Professionals Programme.
The pilot will provide 50 high-achieving
young people from under-represented
backgrounds across the U.K. with access
to professionals and guidance about
university and career choices, including
a two-week work experience at our
offices in London. Our employees will
have the opportunity to have one-on-one
mentoring relationships with the students
for at least 12 months, as well as deliver
skill-training workshops and networking
events for the students.
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