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I N THED RIVER’ SS EATFive local directors reflect on their time at the helmof the national Bridges to Work demonstrationEdited by Christopher ReardonField Report SeriesPublic/Private Ventures April 2001
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSWe would like to thank the five projectdirectors for their invaluable contributionsto this report and, more broadly, to theBridges to Work demonstration. Theirthoughtfulness and candor have addedimmeasurably to the success of bothundertakings. Credit is also due to theirhardworking and talented staffs, withoutwhom Bridges would still be a blueprintrather than a reality.We also want to thank the U.S. Departmentof Housing and Urban Development(HUD), The Ford Foundation, TheJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthurFoundation, and The RockefellerFoundation for their generous supportof the Bridges to Work demonstration.Finally, Anne Roder, Carol Clymer andJoe Tierney of Public/Private Ventures,and James Hoben, formerly of HUD,each deserve thanks for their insightfulcomments on early drafts of this report.Photos: Impact VisualsDesign: Malish and PagonisThe contents of this report are the views ofPublic/Private Ventures or, with regard toquoted material, of the individual speaker.They do not necessarily represent theviews or policies of the Department ofHousing and Urban Development or theUnited States Government.
Page 4: 1CONTENTS3 Foreword:Getting to Work
Page 7 and 8: 4CONTRIBUTORSAbout the project dire
Page 10 and 11: 7INTRODUCTIONVoices of ExperienceTh
Page 12 and 13: 9challenges by expanding and contin
Page 14 and 15: 11so we’re looking at some other
Page 16 and 17: 13Linda: We modeled our training af
Page 18 and 19: 15A Snapshot of the ParticipantsAt
Page 20 and 21: 17drunk or whatever, that affects t
Page 22 and 23: 19because it’s the kind of traini
Page 24 and 25: 21Linda: Yes, they saw the van when
Page 26 and 27: 23into the suburbs and employers ar
Page 28 and 29: 25Mandi: In Denver, very few progra
Page 30 and 31: 27Robert: Well, take the Safer Foun
Page 32 and 33: 29HEADS OR TAILSMany of them would
Page 34 and 35: 31The concern was the integrity of
Page 36 and 37: 33• Discrimination: The marketpla
Page 38 and 39: Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Private In
Page 40 and 41: 37U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING ANDURB
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