70. Lauren Lee & RaY Works: Benefits of Integrated Nonprofits

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Lauren Lee is the social enterprise manager at Resource Assistance for Youth. The main social enterprise at RaY is a moving operation called RaY Works, where they help nonprofits move between office spaces, as well as helping people in residential support programs move between homes.

Because RaY Works is a program within the larger nonprofit, there are various benefits to both the nonprofit and the social enterprise. RaY Works gets to take advantage of extensive administration support and support for their trainees, while RaY is able to more quickly and easily help people move that are in their supportive housing units. Lauren and I also discuss the challenges of mentoring and training employees with barriers to employment, how they were able to focus their efforts on a particular kind of moving, and challenges in previous jobs balancing impact with revenue generation.

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RaY Works: https://rayinc.ca/rayworks/

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