In today’s rundown: A Women’s Foundation Grantee Partner’s efforts to train young people is featured by The New York Times. | UDC needs money from the D.C. government to keep its community college going. | A proposed law in Maryland could make it easier for unemployed residents to find work. | And Virginia may make it easier to obtain orders of protection.
— The New York Times blog features a piece on Year Up and their efforts to prepare young people for the work force. Year Up’s D.C. metro region branch is a Grantee Partner of The Women’s Foundation.
— The University of the District of Columbia needs an immediate $8 million infusion from the D.C. government, or the new community college will have to be scaled back, reports The Washington Post.
— Today, House Speaker John Boehner will introduce a bill that will re-new D.C.’s school voucher program, which provides D.C. students with tuition money for private schools. The Washington Post has details.
— A Maryland lawmaker has proposed a bill in the state House that would prohibit many Maryland employers from using credit history to be a determining factor in the hiring of potential employees or retention of current employees. Click here for details.
— Virginia’s General Assembly is considering a rewrite of state law that would make it easier for people who are dating to get protective orders requiring their abusers to stay away. The current law provides protection for family members and people who are living together. Click here for more.