Kids’ Chance of America and WRMC Announce Strategic Partnership to Expand Career Pathways for Students Impacted by Workplace Tragedies, With Support From Crawford & Company

Collaboration through Kids’ Chance WORKS & WRMC will connect students with industry professionals, career exploration opportunities, and mentorship designed to help them build successful futures.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kids’ Chance of America (KCOA), and Workers’ Compensation, Risk, Managed Care & Claims (WRMC) today announced a new national partnership designed to help students impacted by a parent’s serious workplace injury or death explore insurance career opportunities, receive structured training and develop a plan for their futures in the Workers Compensation & Claims Insurance vertical.

Through this collaboration, WRMC will connect Kids’ Chance students with experienced professionals throughout the workers’ compensation, risk management, managed care, and claims industries.

“A workplace injury affects an entire family. While scholarships help remove financial barriers, students also need opportunity, exposure, and connection as they begin building their futures,” said Chris Letsos, President of Kids’ Chance of America. “This partnership with WRMC creates pathways that simply didn’t exist before.”

“Like many sectors, the workers compensation and risk management industry is navigating an aging workforce and an urgent need to attract and develop the next generation of talent,” said Brandi Lewis, WRMC Executive Board Brand Ambassador. “This partnership allows us to introduce students to rewarding careers while connecting them with professionals who can help them build confidence and expand their networks.”

Crawford & Company will support the initiative by contributing mentors who can share industry expertise and provide practical guidance as students prepare to enter the workforce.

“Our industry needs thoughtful, hardworking and compassionate professionals, and many Kids’ Chance students already understand the profound impact workplace injuries can have on families,” said Nidhi Verma, chief people and ESG officer at Crawford & Company and a WRMC board member. “Through WRMC’s structured training and mentorship model, Crawford is proud to contribute mentors who will share their expertise and help students turn their perspectives, experiences and talents into meaningful careers.”

WRMC is seeking industry professionals interested in serving as mentors, along with corporate partners and donors committed to expanding career access and helping fund future student cohorts through the partnership with Kids’ Chance WORKS.

“As we look toward the future, our goal is to ensure that every student impacted by workplace tragedy has access not only to educational opportunities, but also to the guidance, exposure, and support needed to pursue a meaningful career,” Letsos said. “This partnership represents an investment in the next generation of leaders and in the future of the insurance industry.”

About Kids’ Chance of America

Kids’ Chance organizations open doors to education, empower students to pursue their dreams, and help them reach their full potential. Through scholarship support, Kids’ Chance helps ensure that a parent’s workplace injury or death does not prevent a child from pursuing an education and building a successful future. Since its inception, Kids’ Chance organizations have awarded more than 11,000 scholarships totaling nearly $45 million. Learn more at www.kidschance.org.

About Workers’ Compensation, Risk Management, Managed Care & Claims (WRMC)

Workers’ Compensation, Risk Management, Managed Care & Claims (WRMC) is a nonprofit organization that expands career access for emerging and socioeconomically disadvantaged talent across the insurance, workers’ compensation, risk management, managed care, and claims industries. Through school engagement, professional development, mentorship, and industry partnerships, WRMC connects students with professionals and resources to help them prepare for the workforce. Learn more at www.wrmc-inc.org, Follow WRMC on LinkedIn.
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About Crawford^®

Based in Atlanta, Crawford & Company (NYSE: CRD-A and CRD-B) is a leading global provider of claims management and outsourcing solutions to insurance companies and self‐insured entities with an expansive network serving clients in more than 70 countries. The Company’s two classes of stock are substantially identical, except with respect to voting rights for the Class B Common Stock (CRD-B) and protections for the non-voting Class A Common Stock (CRD-A). More information is available at www.crawco.com.

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