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Project Spotlight: The GoodZ Foundation & The Teen Workforce Initiative

At City Embrace, we believe in providing the structural "backbone" that allows visionary organizations to focus on what they do best: creating impact. Today, we are proud to share an update on one of our sponsored projects, The Goodz Foundation, and their ambitious mission to empower the next generation of workers. The Mission The Goodz Foundation is tackling youth unemployment head-on by launching a robust Teen Workforce Training Program across the Murrieta and Temecula areas. The Scope This year, the program is expanding into six local high schools: Murrieta Valley & Murrieta Mesa Vista Murrieta & Temecula Valley Chaparral & Great Oak With a goal of reaching 240 students (ages 16–18), the program provides intensive training in job-ready retail skills—professionalism, customer service, and inventory management—and connects graduates directly to local hiring pipelines. The Role of City Embrace By providing fiscal sponsorship, City Embrace is managing the administrative and financial infrastructure for this $215,500 year-one program. This partnership allows The Goodz Foundation to stay focused on the students and the schools while we ensure the project remains sustainable, compliant, and ready for growth. We are honored to back The GoodZ Foundation as they build a brighter future for our local youth.

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Welcome The GoodZ Foundation

MISSION STATEMENT (The GoodZ Foundation) The GoodZ Foundation exists to strengthen families and communities by providing affordable food, household essentials, clothing, furniture, and workforce training (Tech and Trade) opportunities for Teens.

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Welcome Richelle Slota

MISSION STATEMENT (The Maybe Dicks at Moby Dick Project) As an older trans woman poet, I see the fear and uncertainty facing my trans community in San Francisco, amid escalating anti trans laws and hostility. I seek a grant to support trans poets and myself in the Openhouse SF poetry class I teach and at Moby Dick, a gay bar in the Castro, and at other poetry series at other locations, where I manage a poetry series, by providing stipends and transportation and publishing a chapbook. My dream is to connect Moby Dick and Openhouse. I want to have my trans poets reading their poems at Moby Dick and other locations.

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Welcome Room2Grow

MISSION STATEMENT (Room2Grow) Room2Grow is a San Francisco–based stabilization and reentry initiative focused on supporting individuals and families who are ready to take active steps toward rebuilding their lives. Our model centers on structured accountability, workforce readiness, housing navigation, and long-term stability — particularly for individuals transitioning from incarceration, recovery programs, street homelessness, or unstable living situations.

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Welcome BE INFINITE Salon and Collective

MISSION STATEMENT (BE INFINITE Salon and Collective) To create a lasting impact for participants by paying a living wage with benefits during educational training while investing in one-on-one trauma-informed mentorship focused on graduating into the luxury hair industry.

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FinAbility launches virtual finance courses for survivors

Our partners at FinAbility are offering accessible virtual finance courses with Financial Beginnings.

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Welcome FinAbility

MISSION STATEMENT (FinAbility) Many organizations provide crisis support for survivors, while others offer general financial education and resources. FinAbility's unique vision is to bridge the gap — uniting the financial sector and the domestic violence field to create trauma-informed solutions that empower survivors to build lasting financial security.

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