Young Adults
Portraits Against Gun Violence: The Exhibit
June 13, 2023Seedco was proud to host “Portraits Against Gun Violence: The Exhibit.” This exhibit was the culmination of a partnership between Artistic Noise, Seedco, and Senator Robert Jackson’s office. Over the month of May, talented young artists from Inwood and Washington Heights met at Seedco with staff from Artistic Noise to learn about photography, explore their neighborhood,…Learn More
Seedco and Artistic Noise are partnering on a new youth initiative that is actively accepting participant applications. This is a paid opportunity available to young people between the ages of 16-21 residing in the Washington Heights & Inwood communities of Upper Manhattan. These paid art-making workshops will explore the effects of gun violence and will…Learn More
Seedco Awarded Comic Relief Funding
June 9, 2022Seedco is proud to announce that we have received an award from Comic Relief to support and expand our healthcare enrollment services to cover ten additional counties across West Tennessee, thus carrying much-needed services to some of the most rural communities in the region. Leveraging our longstanding experience and partnerships to conduct outreach and enroll…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
Seedco Continues to Serve Amid Public Health Crisis
April 7, 2020Seedco’s Acting Executive Director, Keith Rasmussen, updates community members on the organization’s operations and program modifications amid the COVID-19 public health crisis. Read the letter here.Learn More
Update, August 2020: Maryland Health Connection has extended the special enrollment period through December 15, 2020. In an effort to prioritize health and safety and in response to Coronavirus, Maryland Health Connection has opened an emergency special enrollment period for uninsured Marylanders. You can enroll in a health plan starting Monday, March 16, through Monday,…Learn More
Congratulations to Marlene Clarke, Assistant Director of Seedco’s Baltimore office, as she received the Leadership award at the Maryland Workforce Association’s Raising the Bar conference, held from September 17-19. Marlene was one of five award recipients from across the state of Maryland and was recognized for her leadership of Seedco’s workforce development programs in Baltimore….Learn More
Seedco Recognizes Graduates from Turning Point Program
August 22, 2019Seedco’s Midsouth Regional Office (MSRO), in partnership with the Shelby County Sherriff’s Office, has provided workforce development training to individuals presently incarcerated and within six months of release through its Turning Point program. On August 20, 2019, the first cohort of enrolled participants completed the program, successfully graduating from ‘Seedco University’. Seedco Board Member, Herman…Learn More
Seedco Program Staff Come Together for Training to Work with Justice-Involved Individuals
May 30, 2019During the week of May 20, Seedco’s program staff from three regions—New York, Baltimore, and Mid-South—came together in Memphis, TN for an intensive training led by the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute. To aid the implementation of Seedco’s programs serving adults and young adults with criminal justice involvement, staff learned about criminogenic risks, needs assessment,…Learn More