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Crittenton Women's Union breaks new ground daily helping low-income women achieve economic independence. In one organization, we combine direct service programs, independent research, and public advocacy. Our clients' determination to overcome poverty informs our search for solutions and inspires our call for change.

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Crittenton Women's Union transforms the course of low-income women's lives so that they can attain economic independence and create better futures for themselves and their families.

 

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    What's New at CWU

    June 01, 2011

    CWU will lead charge at pivotal hearing on the for-profit college controversy on June 8

    CWU, its partner organizations, consumer and education experts, and former for-profit college students drowning in debt will offer testimony on the for-profit college controversy—a national issue now hitting home—at a key hearing of the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Higher Education on Wednesday, June 8, 2011.

    May 31, 2011

    Chris Lovett interviews Ruthie Liberman about the Education Rewards Grant program

    BOSTON - Neighborhood Network News - Host Chris Lovett interviewed Crittenton Women's Union Vice President of Public Policy, Ruthie Liberman, regarding new Education Rewards Grant legislation, which is currently wending its way through the Massachusetts legislative process. This program aired May 12, 2011.

    May 16, 2011

    Crittenton Women's Union receives $600K Smith Family Foundation award

    BOSTON—Crittenton Women’s Union (CWU), a nonprofit innovator dedicated to developing expanded pathways to economic self-sufficiency for low-income women, has received a capacity-building grant of $600,000 over three years from the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation, the organization announced today.


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