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Helping Women Enter the Recovery-to-Work Ecosystem in Appalachian Tennessee

Across Appalachia, developing a ready workforce must include helping workers re-enter and retain employment. Since 2017, the staff at the Helen Ross McNabb Center in Morristown, Tennessee, has been doing just that. The McNabb Center’s Jail to Work program gives women serving in county jails on drug offenses the…
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Hamilton

LaunchTN: Investing in Tennessee’s Entrepreneurs

LaunchTN —  a public-private partnership focusing on early-stage capital formation, market access, commercialization resources, talent development and retention for entrepreneurs across the state — has stood up eight Entrepreneurship Centers in Tennessee. With ARC support, three of these centers are dedicated to assist Appalachian entrepreneurs as they develop business…
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Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, Sequatchie,

Southeast Tennessee Development District

Executive Director Chuck Hammonds Email chammonds@sedev.org…
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Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington,

First Tennessee Development District

Executive Director Mike Harrison  Email mharrison@ftdd.org…
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Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier, Union,

East Tennessee Development District

Executive Director Rick Yakubic Email ryakubic@etdd.org…
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Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, De Kalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren, White,

Upper Cumberland Development District

Executive Director Mark Farley Email mfarley@ucdd.org…
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