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Hocum, lisa. Thank you. Lets just jump right in and ask you, what is gbs . Jv as, we believe in the power of work to transform lives. We are a nonprofit, non sectarian were First Organization that serves the whole bay area community. Our mission is to create access to opportunity for those that have left behind. It has a beautiful vision statement. I want to give a couple of examples about how does that actually find it to the ground . Of course. We work closely with employers in sectors that are showing very strong growth, particularly sectors that have a large percentage of what we call jobs...

The things that has happened since the Great Recession is hollowing out of the middle of the labor market. What that means is growth that has been happening has been happening in the highestpaid, highest skilled jobs. Unfortunately the lowest paid jobs have a shrinking. So we focus on making very deep connections with employers in those sectors that do still offer middleaged jobs and then building up Career Pathways, Training Programs in partnership with those employers and health sectors. I will just tell you a little bit more about what that looks like. Looks like connecting people with skil...