A San Antonio information-technology boot camp has started accepting GI Bill funds for tuition, an effort to increase the city’s pool of tech workers. Veterans and family members who qualify can use the funds for part or all of the program costs at cloud-computing company Rackspace’s Open Cloud Academy (OCA), located at the Rand Building downtown. The organization offers 13-week tracks in systems administration, which cost $8,000, and cybersecurity, which cost $16,000. On ExpressNews.com: Report: San Antonio’s cyber, IT firms hurting for trained workers San Antonio has a large population of active-duty military personnel and veterans, and the organization is frequently asked whether they accept GI Bill funds, OCA director Marcus Benavidez said. The academy started seeking the federal government’s OK to tap the veterans’ program about a year ago. “Being able to offer career-focused technical training to these individuals, and allowing them to use … [Read more...] about Vets can use GI Bill funds for S.A. boot camp
Building funds for nonprofits
Google’s new employee perk: paid sabbaticals to work for nonprofits
Google’s nonprofit division Google.org has long committed to donating 1% of the company’s total equity and profits to charity. Based on the $1 billion pledge it made in October 2017, the company has focused on causes like education, economic opportunity, and inclusion. Some groups receiving funding just so happen to also make the online world more accessible, informative, and safe for users. This week, Google extended its humanitarian efforts with Google Fellowships, a program that allows its own employees to embed for up to six months at nonprofits with special projects that need the help of experts in computer engineering, data analysis, and artificial intelligence. Its first formal collaboration will be with workplace development organization Goodwill Industries International. Starting January 15, seven Google employees will spend three months at Goodwill offices in different cities. Those workers represent the first of between five and 10 fellowship classes or … [Read more...] about Google’s new employee perk: paid sabbaticals to work for nonprofits
Green apartment building proposed for San Leandro
By Peter Hegarty | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group December 28, 2018 at 6:11 am SAN LEANDRO — Two medical office buildings on Bancroft Avenue may be torn down and replaced with what one city official says would be San Leandro’s greenest apartment building. The solar-powered 45-apartment building in the Estudillo Estates neighborhood would have a rooftop deck with landscaping, storm water bioswales, a bicycle storage space and a refrigerated locker room to accommodate grocery deliveries for tenants. Last year, dozens of nearby residents slammed a proposal from the same developer to put a 73-apartment building on the site at 1388 Bancroft Ave., saying it had too many apartments and it was incompatible with nearby homes. That project, which city staffers recommended rejecting, ended up getting shelved before the Planning Commission made a decision on it. Among the environmentally friendly amenities of the current proposal are spots for charging … [Read more...] about Green apartment building proposed for San Leandro
Empty Stocking Fund: Griffith Centers for Children
The Gazette-El Pomar Foundation Empty Stocking Fund has been awarding money to Griffith Centers for Children for nearly 30 years in support of youth services.Griffith Centers for Children/Chins Up has five locations throughout Colorado, introduced by Emily Griffith, who had the original house built in Denver for delinquent boys in 1927 to coach them through education and self-supporting skills.The Griffith Centers for Children continue to offer residential care, along with access to foster care and adoption services, the Griffith School, and community programs that provide resources for supervised visitations, mentoring and family preservation therapy.“The Griffith Center has about 200 counselors available and supports about 1,700 families per week,” said organization engagement manager Courtney Hadl. Empty Stocking Fund: Urban Peak Colorado SpringsThe residential care is part of the Chins Up program, which places males ages 12 to 20 in a safe haven with mentoring and … [Read more...] about Empty Stocking Fund: Griffith Centers for Children
Minneapolis looks to build out of its housing crisis
MINNEAPOLIS — Almost anywhere you look in Minneapolis these days, new construction is pushing the city skyward, inexorably changing neighborhoods that, just a few years ago, were smaller, quieter and roomier. Uptown. Northeast. Dinkytown. All are building up. The building boom is needed to accommodate steady growth in population in the area: The Twin Cities metro area has added more than 83,000 households since 2010, while building less than 64,000 new homes to accommodate those newcomers, according to the Metropolitan Council. As a result, it's not just new luxury apartments towering over Twin Cities residents, but rents, too, which continue to rise despite all the construction. It's an issue across the state, but it's being especially felt in Minneapolis. During his recent budget address, Mayor Jacob Frey called the shortage of affordable housing in Minneapolis a crisis unlike the city has ever seen. --- The nonprofit news outlet MinnPost provided this article to The Associated … [Read more...] about Minneapolis looks to build out of its housing crisis