Welcome! ‘We Can’t Have That’ Foundation is a 501 (C)(3) non-profit, public benefit corporation, dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty through education, training and job development.
Education is the single most important and effective tool in the fight to alleviate poverty. Yet, the poorest communities have the lowest levels of access to education and training opportunities.
The worst job market in decades has created a crisis for America's workers, with the most devastating impact on poor and minority communities. For African Americans and Hispanics, ages 18 to 29, including those who have abandoned their job searches as hopeless, the emploument rate is 40% and 35% respectively.
THE LACK OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY THAT CONDEMNS SO MANY PEOPLE TO LIVE IN POVERTY WITHOUT HOPE FOR THE FUTURE CAUSES OUR FOUNDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS TO SAY, ‘WE CAN’T HAVE THAT’ !
For some, entrepreneurship is their best hope of securing a livelyhood. It can provide a critical part of the solution with the potential to lift families from paverty through an innovative approach rooted in the private sector. In 2012 entrepreneurs will launch 2 to 3 million businesses, creating more than half of the new jobs in America.
Smart Start Entrpreneurship Program
'Turning Unemployed Into Self-Employed Business Owners'
A program of the We Can't Have That Foundation developed in conjunction with
the Enterpreneurship Learning Initiative, LLC and the Kaufman Foundation.
The Smart Start Entrepreneurship Program (SSEP) was specifically designed to help unemployed residents of low income communties with high school or less education. Focused on creating jobs, the program helps participants develop an entrepreneurial mindset and to create and grow early stage companies. 'Turning Unemployed Into Self-Employed Business Owners.
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