©2007 Women's Opportunity Link of Delaware, Inc. A 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
Our Mission
Linking low-income and underemployed women to living wage job training programs and employment opportunities.- In Delaware, there are 10,000 families with children who are poor. Of those - 8,000 work.
- In 2005, poverty level wages for a family of three was roughly $15,000 per year.
- The Federal Minimum Wage is $5.15/hour. Delaware is $6.15/hour.
- A full-time employee working at the minimum wage in Delaware earns about $12,792 per year.
- Today, 1 in 4 working families earns poverty level wages.
- The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Delaware is $36,859 ($18.43/hr) per year for a single-parent family of three.
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WOLDE Events
WOLDE Attends Child Poverty Task Force Meeting
02/22/08
On August 29, 2007, Governor Minner approved a
Child Poverty Task Force in the state of
Delaware to reduce the number of children
living in poverty by 50% in ten years. The Task
Force consists of 25 members representing many
varied state departments and other related
positions who have come together in an effort
to develop an effective state-wide child
poverty reduction strategy.
Jennifer Rehm-Clark, WOLDE Founder and Executive Director, and Amanda Ganley, Policy Advocate and Senior Intern, were able to witness the Child Poverty Task Force in action during their most recent meeting on February 11, 2008. This special session included an informal presentation by Vermont Senator, Douglas Racine, on his state’s successes and shortcomings with their Child Poverty Council.
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Jennifer Rehm-Clark, WOLDE Founder and Executive Director, and Amanda Ganley, Policy Advocate and Senior Intern, were able to witness the Child Poverty Task Force in action during their most recent meeting on February 11, 2008. This special session included an informal presentation by Vermont Senator, Douglas Racine, on his state’s successes and shortcomings with their Child Poverty Council.
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WOLDE joins the NCWO/IWPR Domestic Priorities Task Force
01/24/08
Last week two members of the WOLDE team went to
Washington DC to join the National Council of
Women's Organizations and the Institute for
Women’s Policy Research in developing the 2008
agenda for their Domestic Priorities Task
Force. The DPTF includes national organizations
dedicated to women’s issues such as Wider
Opportunities for Women, National Women’s Law
Center, and the National Organization for
Women. Issues addressed by these groups include
social security, pay equity, welfare reform and
others.
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Speer Trust Awards WOLDE $30,000
01/10/08
In October WOLDE submitted a proposal to Speer
Trust for consideration to fund our Opportunity
Knocks Initiative aiming to bring e-learning
opportunities and computer literacy to to
working poor women and incarcerated women
preparing to re-enter into society. Today we
received word that we have been awarded the
full amount requested of $30,000.
"This is a milestone for the organization on many levels" states Jennifer Rehm-Clark, Founder and Executive Director. "It is the first faith-based funding we have received to date, and we are happy that it comes from such a well-known and progressive philanthropic group. In addition to this first, we are now able to broaden our scope of services through launching our newest initiative - Project Next Step!. Through this program we will be able to to reach and serve another segment of our overall target market [working poor] - women inmates preparing to re-enter the workforce and society".
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"This is a milestone for the organization on many levels" states Jennifer Rehm-Clark, Founder and Executive Director. "It is the first faith-based funding we have received to date, and we are happy that it comes from such a well-known and progressive philanthropic group. In addition to this first, we are now able to broaden our scope of services through launching our newest initiative - Project Next Step!. Through this program we will be able to to reach and serve another segment of our overall target market [working poor] - women inmates preparing to re-enter the workforce and society".
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