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New nonprofit Build Up supplies boots, PPE and reentry support to apprentices; serves justice‑impacted students in prisons and communities
Summary
Build Up, a recently formed nonprofit, told lawmakers it has provided boots, PPE and wraparound support to more than 160 apprentices and pre‑apprentices since March and runs a boot/PPE program in five state prisons to support reentry into apprenticeship pathways.
Renton — Build Up, a nonprofit founded by tradeswomen to supply statewide wraparound supports for apprentices, told the House committee it has distributed work boots, PPE and other immediate supports to hundreds of people, including students training inside correctional facilities.
"We have been serving apprentices and pre‑apprentices since March," Megan Pearson, executive director of Build Up, told the committee. She said the group has helped more than 160 apprentices and provided boots and PPE to 107 students in five Department of…
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