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Opportunity Partners is one of the area`s largest social enterprise providing production services and workforce solutions to companies of all sizes since 1953. These partnerships solve production needs with quality work and predictable pricing. At the same time, the work creates meaningful and inclusive work opportunities for adults with disabilities, who bring passion and a strong work ethic to all they do. In addition to employment, we help people with disabilities experience success through residential programs that build community and independence. Our core company values of Impact, Choice, Heart and Partnership guide our work and create positive change in our communities.
The Georgia Department of Education sets policy for all public schools in the state and implements new laws passed by the Georgia General Assembly. The Department trains teachers and principals, oversees federal education programs, tracks how schools are performing and manages the state`s K-12 budget. The Department also works directly with districts in an advisory capacity on school safety, charter schools and homeless students, among other areas. There are nearly 200 school systems in Georgia, employing 110,000 teachers. Those systems include Department of Juvenile Justice programs, state chartered schools and state schools for the blind and deaf. In the 2012-13 school year, there were 1.7 million public school students in Georgia attending 2,275 schools. We are making education work for all Georgians!
The Convergent Research team helps incubate and launch Focused Research Organizations, a new model to fill gaps in the R&D ecosystem to tackle global challenges as Schmidt Futures Network`s first initiative. At Convergent Research we launch large-scale, high-impact science projects. We aim to help fill a structural gap in today`s R&D system. We enable fundamental research that requires unusual levels of scale and coordination yet is not rapidly monetizable by industry.
The Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE) advances policies and institutional actions that promote racial equity and shared prosperity for all in the growth of metropolitan Atlanta and the American South.
Arrowhead Regional Development Commission is a Duluth, MN-based company in the Non-profit sector.