Workforce Strategy Center

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, which commissioned this study. We would like to thank Carrie Thomas of the Chicago Jobs Council for her critical and constructive feedback, which helped us to shape the final report. We also thank WSC associate Stacey Georg for her help with report production.

We offer a special thanks to all of the practitioners, program administrators, staff members, and, of course, students at each bridge program site. Without their time and valuable insights, we could not have produced this report.

We would particularly like to acknowledge the bridge program staff members who acted as liaisons, pulling together thoughtful site visit agendas and taking on the countless related logistics:

• Mac Legerton and Rhiannon Chavis-Wanson, Center for Community Action
• Lindsey Embrey and Arlene Finklea, Central Piedmont Community College
• Jean Johnson, Richard J. Daley College, and Michelle Rafferty, Central State SER, Jobs for Progress, Inc.
• Stacie Evans, Lutheran Family Health Centers, and Elena Lopez, Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation

Julian L. Alssid
Melissa Goldberg
Sarah M. Klerk

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