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At Work At School

An Afton Partners Blog

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FOX Fellowship’s Support for Strong Charter School Management

Introduction One of our greatest pleasures at Afton is the occasional opportunity to step back and have reflective conversations about the meaning and impact of our work with partners. Afton’s co-founder and Managing Partner, Carrie Stewart, has been a coach for all three cohorts of the FOX Fellowship, a program for Chief Operating and Financial Officers of public… Continued

Partner Interview: Fair Chance Hiring

From January through September 2023, Afton collaborated with the Corporate Coalition of Chicago, Cara Plus, and the Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance to facilitate the inaugural Fair Chance Hiring (FCH) Initiative, a business-led effort to reduce barriers to hiring individuals with criminal justice involvement. We recently sat down with the Initiative’s Program Director, Steph Dolan, and co-facilitator, Liana Bran,… Continued