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Every day, ISED clients are achieving amazing feats and overcoming overwhelming obstacles on their journey toward economic stability and financial independence.
 
Tamaria
After being awarded a full scholarship from Iowa State University, Tamaria moved from New York City with her three girls, 14 years ago. It was while she was pursuing her graduate degree in Sociology with an emphasis in Community Development that she heard her calling; she wanted to help women who had been incarcerated acclimate to life after serving their prison sentence.

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David
David came to ISED Ventures in 2010 looking for a fresh start. He had recently moved to Iowa from Louisiana and through his father heard about our services. He worked with our Workforce Navigation services to find a job to support his new growing family.

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Tami
Tami was recently divorced and looking for a way to support her children. She knew she wanted to have a career in the health care field so went to Mercy Hospital to talk to an advisor. Through that advisor Tami heard about the CNA Program and was able to take classes to become a CNA and even furthered her education beyond to support her family.

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EITC Outreach program client
For the past 10 years ISED Ventures has organized the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Outreach program. It provides mid to low income families with free tax preparation services. This program has helped aid many clients over the years and in 2012 helped one father who was afraid of losing his children because he had fallen behind on filing his taxes.

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