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More children are on the path from institutions to families with the help of BEB and Kershaw's Challenge

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

DALLAS, Nov. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third year, Both Ends Believing (BEB) is the grateful beneficiary of LA Dodgers' pitcher Clayton Kershaw and his organization, Kershaw's Challenge. This partnership has been the source of exponential growth in BEB's mission, to give children permanency through loving, forever families with the help of Children First Software.

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  • This partnership has been the source of exponential growth in BEB's mission, to give children permanency through loving, forever families with the help of Children First Software.
  • Clayton Kershaw, his family, and the Kershaw's Challenge team have supported the expansion of BEB and CFS first in the Dominican Republic, then in Ethiopia, and this year in Nigeria.
  • Kershaw's Challenge began in 2011 after meeting Hope, a child battling a terrible sickness without a family to lean on.
  • They are truly changing the lives of countless children," Margaret Elizabeth McKissack, Vice President of External Affairs.

OutSystems Announces 2023 Innovation Awards, Showcasing the Best in High-Performance Low-Code Application Development

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

OutSystems , a global leader in high-performance application development, today announced the winners of its 2023 Innovation Awards.

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  • OutSystems , a global leader in high-performance application development, today announced the winners of its 2023 Innovation Awards.
  • The annual OutSystems Innovation Awards assess innovation initiatives from across the OutSystems customer base to honor and celebrate the organizations who best exemplify the power of low-code application development.
  • Powered by OutSystems, the Roche Low-Code Enablement Application Platform (LEAP) is an enterprise tool designed to transform Roche’s approach to rapid application development.
  • To learn more about OutSystems customers and the transformative impact of high-performance low-code software development, visit the company’s customers stories page at https://www.outsystems.com/case-studies/ .

BEB celebrates 5,779 children who have returned to family with the help of Children First Software

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Friday, June 30, 2023

DALLAS, June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As National Reunification Month comes to a close, we recognize the work being done to bring children out of a variety of circumstances and back to their families. BEB gets a firsthand glimpse of children moving from institutions to biological families in countries across the globe with the help of Children First Software (CFS). To date, decision-makers have reunified 5,779 children because CFS gives them transparent and reliable information.  

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  • BEB gets a firsthand glimpse of children moving from institutions to biological families in countries across the globe with the help of Children First Software (CFS).
  • To date, decision-makers have reunified 5,779 children because CFS gives them transparent and reliable information.
  • Without the use of CFS, there was no way of knowing if these children were siblings and had any living family.
  • With the help of CFS, these children will soon leave the institutions and return to family.

Long Beach Transit chooses ChargePilot® to intelligently manage electric bus fleet

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Long Beach Transit (LBT) will use the industry-leading charge management system ChargePilot®, provided by The Mobility House (TMH), to operate their latest deployment of electric buses.

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  • Long Beach Transit (LBT) will use the industry-leading charge management system ChargePilot®, provided by The Mobility House (TMH), to operate their latest deployment of electric buses.
  • This is the 13th major transit bus charging depot deployment of ChargePilot® in North America, and the fourth commissioned transit bus charging collaboration between TMH, NFI, and Heliox, following Knoxville Area Transit , Rochester Public Transit , and Antelope Valley Transit Authority .
  • “We congratulate Long Beach Transit on their anniversary and for achieving the next phase of their zero emissions journey.”
    “We are excited to commission the latest phase of our electric bus fleet with advanced smart charging technology,” said President and CEO Kenneth A. McDonald.
  • “Long Beach Transit was an early adopter of battery-electric bus technology and will continue towards a total zero-emission fleet.”
    “Today, we celebrate another major milestone in Long Beach Transit's zero-emission journey - installation of charging infrastructure from NFI Infrastructure Solutions™ to support the agency’s goal of converting its fleet to zero-emissions by 2030.

Boy formerly living on streets reunified with his mother in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with the help of BEB's Children First Software

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

PLANO, Texas, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BEB has been working closely with partner non-government organizations (NGOs) in Ethiopia to see vulnerable children find a path to a loving and caring family. The organization's Children First Software (CFS) provides NGOs working with vulnerable children the opportunity to manage children's progress toward a family.

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  • The organization's Children First Software (CFS) provides NGOs working with vulnerable children the opportunity to manage children's progress toward a family.
  • One of the reunified children is a 13-year-old boy who was living on the streets of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • The poverty and influence of his friends drove the boy to come to Addis Ababa looking for a better life.
  • Thanks to the family reunification program, he is now reunified with his mother, attending school, and has a hopeful future.

More African children will start journey from institutions to families due to BEB's Children First Software

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

PLANO, Texas, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas-based software non-profit BEB takes another step of remarkable growth by announcing expansion of its Children First Software (CFS) into four additional African Countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania.

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  • BEB began Africa operations in Uganda five years ago and today over 10,000 children are registered in CFS.
  • Further, over 1,000 children have been placed from institutions into families, primarily through reunification with biological family members.
  • BEB Africa Regional Manager Kenneth Ayebazibwe shares, "The implementation of Children First Software in Africa is an integrated child service especially for children living in institutional care.
  • BEB works to capture comprehensive digital profiles of children through Children First Software (CFS), a technology designed to identify a child's best opportunity for family-based care.

Schneider Electric Announces First-of-its-Kind Vehicle-to-Building Resilience Hub Powered by Transit Buses

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

CEC's Electric Program Investment Charge program awarded the project $3.2 million in funding, with combined $400,000 in matching funds contributed by West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP) and AC Transit.

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  • CEC's Electric Program Investment Charge program awarded the project $3.2 million in funding, with combined $400,000 in matching funds contributed by West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP) and AC Transit.
  • "Initiating the first community resilience hub powered by a bidirectional V2B charging system has been an incredible journey.
  • "Powering emergency shelters with islanded energy supply is an innovative feat we are honored to help facilitate," said Jana Gerber, President of Microgrids North America at Schneider Electric.
  • New Flyer actively supports over 35,000 heavy-duty transit buses (New Flyer, NABI, and Orion) currently in service, of which 8,600 are powered by electric motors and battery propulsion and 1,900 are zero-emission.

First-of-its-Kind Vehicle-to-Building Resilience Hub Powered by Transit Buses

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221011005269/en/
    Powerhouse team of green energy innovators leverage stored energy from zero-emission electric transit buses to provide backup power for Oakland residents.
  • Initiating the first community resilience hub powered by a bidirectional V2B charging system has been an incredible journey.
  • Our ChargePilot system ensures all transit mobility needs are met and orchestrates the charge and discharge of the bidirectional chargers so that the buses can power critical building loads.
  • New Flyer actively supports over 35,000 heavy-duty transit buses (New Flyer, NABI, and Orion) currently in service, of which 8,600 are powered by electric motors and battery propulsion and 1,900 are zero-emission.

More countries sign on to use Children First Software to help end institutionalization of their children

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Thursday, August 4, 2022

PLANO, Texas, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas-based technology non-profit Both Ends Believing grows in 2022 as four new countries now partner to use Children First Software. BEB offers its software platform to governments at no cost and puts an expert team on the ground to facilitate implementation of, and training on, the software. The goal of CFS is to equip governments to create digital files for all their institutionalized children and move them to families. To date, over 30,000 children have profiles in the system – representing 273% growth in three years.

Key Points: 
  • BEB offers its software platform to governments at no cost and puts an expert team on the ground to facilitate implementation of, and training on, the software.
  • The goal of CFS is to equip governments to create digital files for all their institutionalized children and move them to families.
  • To date, over 30,000 children have profiles in the system representing 273% growth in three years.
  • BEB works to capture comprehensive digital profiles of children through Children First Software (CFS), a technology-driven advocate designed to identify a child's best opportunity for family-based care.

ESQUIRE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS AND B.E. BLANK & COMPANY ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP FOR COMMERCIAL LAW FIRM FINANCING

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

JERICHO, N.Y., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESQ) ("Company"), the financial holding company for Esquire Bank, National Association ("Esquire"), today announced that the Company has signed an exclusive agreement with B.E.

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  • JERICHO, N.Y., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESQ) ("Company"), the financial holding company for Esquire Bank, National Association ("Esquire"), today announced that the Company has signed an exclusive agreement with B.E.
  • Blank & Company ("BEB"), a leading investment firm in the litigation finance market,establishing a partnership to provide financing to commercial law firms throughout the United States.
  • In return, the Company will receive an economic interest with respect to the partnership equal to 24.9% of the performance allocation BEB receives from the partnership.
  • This partnership will allow law firms to pursue financing with industry leading terms delivered seamlessly through our banking technology."