David Glasgow

Six community workforce agencies successfully partnered with emergent adults and justice system partners to implement the Emergent Adult Framework, which establishes a developmentally informed practice for individuals aged 18 to 25. This initiative has been made possible thanks to the contributions of emergent adults and staff leaders from Fortune Society, Rise, UTEC, FreeMinds, TEAMS, ARC, Child Trends, and the Emergent Adults Project. For more information, visit: https://lnkd.in/eG45wYgJ.

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As the federal public service begins to shrink, equity gains are at risk. I spoke with The Hill Times about my concerns that Black workers, who are disproportionately hired on term contracts, are among the first to be let go under government austerity measures. The latest employment equity report shows progress, but the data does not reflect the thousands of recent terminations at departments like CRA and IRCC. The numbers may look good on paper, but the reality on the ground tells a different story. Black workers remain overrepresented in the lowest salary bands, despite being highly educated. If we are serious about equity, we must go beyond surface-level reporting and ensure economic and job security for those who have historically been marginalized, especially in times of restraint. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/eTbNevSd

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The Funders for Race Equality Alliance (FREA) has developed a Racial Justice Audit tool to support funders to assess how much of their funding addresses racial inequity. This vital tool helps funders to reflect on and monitor their own grant making practices and processes, and to start, deepen or expand efforts to advance racial justice. We’re proud to support FREA and to take part in the 2025 Racial Justice Audit Analysis. The 2025 Racial Justice Audit analyses 1,857 grants covering £156.7 million in funding from 23 funders – including Paul Hamlyn Foundation. This analysis provides insights into racial justice funding and funder practice from this cohort of funders, with an aim to support action to increase sustainable racial justice funding. In the report, Our Head of Programme – Youth, Ruth Pryce, shares insights from our investing in young people portfolio, and reflects on how this data has helped the youth team to prioritise making grants focused on racial justice. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/e2Xp3HyS

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New analysis from National Partnership for Women & Families and The 75 Million Project examines trends in labor force participation rates of mothers with young children by race in recent years. Examining 12-month rolling averages, we find the steepest declines in labor force participation, both since January 2025 and since December 2023 (when this metric peaked), have been borne by Black mothers. In fact, unlike mothers of young children overall, the labor force participation rate for Black mothers is lower now than it was prior to the pandemic at the end of 2019. The declines are particularly dramatic for college-educated Black mothers – and they have been most pronounced in recent months. Read our new piece here: https://lnkd.in/gf8GF3_8

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We've had the privilege of mentoring Boston College School of Social Work interns whose natural curiosity and community-focused perspective perfectly complement our approach to evaluation and engagement. Through these partnerships, we've gained valuable insights: - Many social work graduate students choose between "clinical" and "macro" paths before fully experiencing what a macro career truly offers. - The versatility of macro social work���applicable across diverse settings from policy to program design—makes it both incredibly powerful and sometimes difficult to visualize in practice. - Clinical paths often provide clearer career frameworks and salary expectations, making them more straightforward to envision post-graduation. What's remarkable is how many public sector change-makers are macro social workers who've applied their unique skills to transform outcomes for entire communities. Calling all macro social workers: Share your current job title in the comments to showcase the diverse opportunities in this field. Know someone studying social work? Tag them so they can explore the breadth of possibilities in this impactful profession. Boston University Boston University School of Social Work Ximena Soto Christie Young Kevan Anthony Barton, LICSW Lindsay Smythe Yvonne Castañeda, LICSW Liz Hamilton, MSW Joanna Prout, PhD Amanda McSwine, MSW

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