Seedco in the News
Seedco was honored to be featured on the Healthy Mom Healthy Baby TennesseeTM podcast. Marla Smith-Brown, Senior Director of Seedco’s Mid-South Regional Office was joined by Travis Wilson, proud father and Program Manager of the Strong Fathers, Stronger Families Mid-South program and Cletis Foster, proud father and grandfather and a Lead Navigator in the Linking…Learn More
New book published by Seedco board member
November 21, 2022Seedco congratulates long time board member, George A. Pruitt on his new book, “From Protest to President: A Social Justice Journey through the Emergence of Adult Education and the Birth of Distance Learning”. According to Rutgers University Press: From Protest to President describes an inspirational odyssey of a young, Black activist coming of age in…Learn More
Seedco Awarded Second Chance Act Grant in Tennessee
February 25, 2022Seedco has been awarded a Department of Justice Second Chance Act grant to support justice-involved adults return to their community and achieve economic stability. Through this grant, Seedco’s Mid-South Regional Office is launching the Midsouth More Than Ready program. Our team will partner with Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner, Jr. and the Shelby County Division…Learn More
Seedco’s Fatherhood Program Featured in Memphis Publication
November 15, 2021Seedco’s Strong Fathers, Stronger Families (SFSF) Mid-South program has been featured in an article published in The New Tri-State Defender (tsdmemphis.com). Education columnist, Curtis Weathers, sat down with Seedco’s Travis Wilson, retention coordinator for SFSF Mid-South to learn more about the great work the Mid-South Regional Office is doing to support fathers and families in…Learn More
Seedco Awarded Health Care Navigator Grant in Tennessee
August 31, 2021Seedco’s Mid-South Regional Office has been awarded $1 million to train and certify Navigators to help uninsured consumers find affordable and comprehensive health coverage in 10 counties in West Tennessee. Seedco will build on its history running past federal navigator programs in Tennessee and Georgia as well as its extensive experience providing navigation and enrollment…Learn More
The Urban Institute has published a brief on how Seedco and its partners in the Strong Fathers, Stronger Families program in New York City learned, coped, and innovated during the first six months on the COVID-19 pandemic. As New York City was an early epicenter during the public health crisis, Seedco is grateful for STRIVE and…Learn More
Seedco’s Executive Director Joins NYCETC Board of Directors
February 22, 2021Keith Rasmussen, Executive Director, has been announced as one of six new Board members of the New York Employment and Training Coalition (NYCETC), the nation’s largest city-based membership association for the workforce development industry. NYCETC works to ensure that every New Yorker — especially those who have been historically marginalized and disenfranchised and cut off…Learn More
Young, Unemployed, and Facing Bleak Prospects
December 22, 2020The New York Times is reporting that young workers are faring the worst in New York City economically, a city which has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. By September 2020, 19 percent of adults under 25 years of age in the city lost jobs, compared with 14 percent of all workers. Young adults…Learn More
Memphis Hiring Event Coming Up for Holiday Season Workers
October 3, 2019On Tuesday, October 8, Seedco’s Mid-South Regional Office is holding a job fair to recruit seasonal workers for Williams-Sonoma’s Memphis and Olive Branch distribution facilities. The Seedco job fair will be 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Clark Tower, 5100 Poplar, Suite 502. Williams-Sonoma previously announced plans to hire 2,200 workers locally for the peak season….Learn More