Charities tap skills of jobless professionals

When the economy slumped, Althea Collins was among 100 people let go in November from Fair Isaac Co. in San Rafael, the firm that created the FICO credit score system to determine loan interest rates.

She’s been looking for work ever since, but "no one is even calling back."

Now the 30-year-old Mill Valley resident is helping the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco redesign its Web site. For free.

Meredith May, Chronicle Staff Writer

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