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(415) 217-5182
paige(at)sfworks(dot)org

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• About SF Works

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  • SF Works' executive director invests in families
    San Francisco Business Times, 6/6-12/2008
    Bay Area People - Nonprofit section
    
    Carrie Portis Named Executive Director of SF Works
    SF Works Press Release, 5/16/2008
    
    Small biz takes on rising health-care costs
    San Francisco Business Times, 5/4/2007
    Terri Feeley, SF Works
  • Business Innovation Series Launched
    San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, 5/2007

    Feeley Awarded Marshall Fellowship
    San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Chamber Newsletter, 2/2006

    San Francisco Works
    San Francisco Business Times, 4/28/2005
    Nonprofit Profile

    SF Works Hailed as National Model
    SF Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, 5/2003

    
    
    
• Work Supports

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  • Address Financial Ills to Reduce Workplace Problems
    Society for Human Resource Management, June 2008
    Rebecca R. Hastings, SPHR
    

  • Programs Seek to Aid Low-Paid, Working Women
    PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer, 4/14/08
    Reported by Elizabeth Brackett
    

    As Jobs Vanish and Prices Rise, Food Stamp Use Nears Record
    New York Times, 3/31/08
    Erik Eckholm, Staff Writer

  • FastPass appears safe, but Muni eyes other funds
    San Francisco Chronicle, 3/19/08
    Rachel Gordon, Staff Writer

  • Social policy on the menu
    Los Angeles Times, 3/17/08
    Marc Lifsher, Staff Writer

  • Muni not meeting riders' needs
    San Francisco Examiner, 3/15/08
    Editorial

  • Pro-family is pro-business
    San Francisco Examiner, 10/5/07
    Letter to the Editor
    Paige Buck

    Needs of the working poor
    San Francisco Examiner, 9/27/07
    Letter to the Editor
    Terri Feeley

    How to Build Wages And Opportunity
    San Francisco Chronicle
    Letter to the Editor
    Terri Feeley

    More working families use federal tax credit
    The San Francisco Examiner, 7/11/2005
    Jo Stanley, Staff Writer

    Child-care cuts will give business plenty to cry about
    San Francisco Business Times, 3/21/2003
    Theresa Feeley, Guest Opinion

    
    
    
• Working Families Credit

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    SF’s New Tax Credit
    The SF Independent, 2/18/2006
    Commentary
    Roberta Achtenberg, Special to the Examiner

    Tax Credit Offers Help to Low-Income Families
    The San Francisco Examiner, 2/8/2006
    Natali T. Del Conte, Staff Writer

    Encouraging Families to Take Advantage of Tax Credit
    San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Chamber Newsletter, 1/2006

    Want Free Money? Tax Benefits Could Mean Millions for San Francisco
    Wells Fargo Community Leadership Spotlight
    San Francisco Magazine, 3/2005

    SF Bonus for Families Earning IRS Tax Credit; First Payments Expected This Fall
    San Francisco Chronicle, 2/3/2005
    Rachel Gordon, Staff Writer

    Help Your Employees Benefit from New Tax Credit
    San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Chamber Newsletter, 2/2005

    Mayor Newsom Launches Major New Tax Credit to Benefit Working Families
    Office of the Mayor, City & County of San Francisco, 1/13/2005
    Press Release

    Income Gap – Reward the Working Poor With a Local Tax Credit
    San Francisco Chronicle, 4/15/2003
    Theresa J. Feeley and Anne Stuhldreher, Open Forum contributors

    Tax Credit Help from SF Works
    SF Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, 7/2002

    
    
    
• Career Development

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    Lack of skilled workers will lead to fiscal crisis, experts say
    Los Angeles Times, 4/21/08
    Teresa Watanabe, Staff Writer

  • Latino Community Targeted for Biotech Training Opportunities
    El Mensajero, 5/31/2006
    Juana Guzman, Special to El Mensajero
    
    Latino Community Targeted for Biotech Training Opportunities
    El Tecolote, 5/18-31/2006

    Program Helps Residents Get Started in Biotech An Adventure into Biotech Turns Into Full-time Job
    The San Francisco Examiner, 1/18/2006
    Natali T. Del Conte, Staff Writer

    Mayor Touts SF Works/ City College biotech training program
    San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Chamber Newsletter, 10/2005

    Legal STAR
    The Bridge
    (Newsletter of the Golden Gate Chapter, Association of Legal Administrators), 5/2005
    Terri Feeley, Executive Director of SF Works

    Mayor and City College Announce Groundbreaking Stem Cell Research Job Training Program
    Mayor’s Office of Communications, 4/13/2005
    Press Release

    SF Poised to Lead in Biotech
    SF Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, 10/2004

    Grant to boost biotech $1.1 million to fund 2 training programs for SF residents
    San Francisco Chronicle, 9/24/2004
    Pia Sarkar, Staff Writer

    Newsom Announces New Biotech Initiatives
    Office of the Mayor, City & County of San Francisco, 9/23/2004
    Press Release

    Tailored for Biotech: Community Colleges Work with Biotechfirms to Turn Out Graduates Who Are a Perfect Fit for Biomanufacturing Jobs
    San Francisco Business Times 8/6/2004
    Sarah Duxbury

    Biotech Expanding: Program participants display high success rate in growing industry
    The Guardsman News ( City College of San Francisco) Vol. 137, Issue 8
    Angela Hokanson, Contributing Writer

    SFCED and SF Works: Partnering for SF’s Biosciences Future
    SF Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, 11/2003

    SF Works Biotech Program Success
    SF Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, 8/2003

    Valerie Smith, Young Woman on the Move
    San Francisco Bay View, 4/30/2003
    Dr. Veronica Hunnicutt, Dean, Southeast Campus, City College of San Francisco

    Employers Give Nod to Training Program – SF Works Lifts Hundreds Into Workforce
    San Francisco Chronicle, 4/22/2003
    Julie N. Lynem, Staff Writer

    Bay City Groups Link Up to Train Workers for Legal Careers
    Employment & Training Reporter Vol. 34 No. 31, 4/21/2003
    Christopher Maloney

    Hiring Ex-Offenders
    SF Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, 8/2002

    Training Recipients Will Get the Job Done
    San Francisco Chronicle, 7/2/2002
    Co-authored by SFWorks, the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, and The Workforce Alliance

    Welfare to work's dirty little secret: It's good business
    San Francisco Business Times, 10/15/1999
    Kristen Bole, Staff Writer

    Unfinished job: Welfare to Work pushes into the unknown
    San Francisco Business Times, 10/2/1998
    Kristen Bole, Staff Writer
    
    Against the odds: Welfare to Work's toughest job: Overcoming obstacles
    San Francisco Business Times, 9/25/1998
    Kristen Bole, Staff Writer

    Working model: San Francisco a national leader in welfare to work
    San Francisco Business Times, 9/18/1998
    Kristen Bole, Staff Writer

    
    
    
• Asset Building

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    City housing should work for middle class, too
    San Francisco Chronicle, 7/3/08
    C.W. Nevius

  • Exodus of S.F.'s middle class
    San Francisco Chronicle, 6/22/08
    James Temple, Staff Writer

  • Wealth Flowing In Opposite Directions
    San Francisco Chronicle, 4/9/08
    Sam Zuckerman, Staff Writer

  • A Bay Area couple with two kids can't make it on $50,000 a year
    San Francisco Chronicle, 10/17/07
    Sam Zuckerman, Staff Writer

  • Ways to make ends meet in SF
    San Francisco Examiner, 10/1/07
    Letter to the Editor
    Lori Lindburg

    IRS Should Help Us Bank Our Refunds
    San Francisco Chronicle, 3/30/2005
    Anne Stuhldreher, New America Foundation

    H&R Block Helps Working Americans Build a Stronger Financial Future
    Yahoo! Finance, 1/31/2005
    Press Release