State of Good: Transforming Lives Through Community and Accountability
Since its founding in 2015, The Other Side Academy has given hundreds of people a second chance — offering structure, accountability and hands-on job training in a peer-led, two and a half year residential program. It all began when Joseph Grenny received a heartfelt letter from an inmate named Zach, searching for a better path than prison. Inspired, Joseph and his wife, Celia, joined forces with Tim Stay, a business colleague, and Dave Durocher, a Delancey Street graduate to bring the model to Salt Lake City.
State of Good: Promise Partnership Utah’s Mission to Break the Cycle of Poverty
Promise Partnership Utah has been making a meaningful impact on students’ lives and creating real change for Utahns since its work began in 2005. By building partnerships across the private and public sectors, they support student success in Community Schools, Promise Communities and at the systems level.
State of Good: Empowering Utah Communities Through Suicide Prevention and Support
As a nonprofit and program of the Salt Lake Chamber Foundation, Utah Community Builders recognizes an organization each month that is making a meaningful impact in the community. This initiative aligns with their mission to activate the Utah business community to address pressing community issues that strengthen Utah’s workforce. Recognized as a serious public health […]
State of Good: evolvedMD is Revolutionizing Behavioral Health Care for the Community
Utah Community Builders, a nonprofit and program of the Salt Lake Chamber Foundation, recognizes a business each month that is making a meaningful impact in its community. This initiative aligns with their mission to activate the Utah business community to address pressing community issues that strengthen Utah’s workforce. evolvedMD is revolutionizing the way behavioral health […]
State of Good: Supporting Young Minds, Strengthening Our Community
As a nonprofit and program of the Salt Lake Chamber Foundation, Utah Community Builders recognizes a business each month that is making a meaningful impact in its community. This initiative aligns with their mission to activate the Utah business community to address pressing community issues that strengthen Utah’s workforce.
State of Good Podcast – Ep. 11: Importance of Employee Wellness in Today’s Workforce
State of Good Podcast – Ep. 10: Today’s D&I Landscape in Utah
State of Good Podcast – Ep. 9: Utah’s Clean Slate Law & Second Chance Hiring Strategies
Close to one in three Utahns have a criminal record of some sort; however, many of those records are old, resolved and eligible for expungement. Unfortunately, that process can be complicated and expensive. Noella Sudbury, Founder and CEO of Rasa Public Benefit Corporation, joins us to explain how second chances can be beneficial not only […]
State of Good Podcast – Ep. 8: Clyde Companies: Caring for Its Workforce
Mental wellness in the workplace has long been a very real and pressing issue for Utah families and communities. Luckily, business leaders can play a part in reducing the stigma around mental health care and providing their employees with the resources they need to be resilient. This episode features Michelle Hill, Director of Total Rewards at Clyde […]
State of Good Podcast – Ep. 7: Impact of Utah’s Child Care Challenge
When it comes to child care, affordability, quality and accessibility are big concerns for Utah parents. What’s more, child care issues impact businesses and our economy as well as just families, resulting in an estimated $1.36 billion loss annually for Utah’s economy. What does this mean for the business community, and what can be done […]