Year Up is a one-year, intensive training program that provides urban young adults 18-24, with a unique combination of technical and professional skills, college credits, an educational stipend and corporate internship.
Our success is our graduates -- enabling them to move on to full-time employment and higher education. Year Up is about providing opportunities for urban young adults to demonstrate their true potential. We have achieved excellent results to date:
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Source: 2008 - 2009 organization-wide results.
Year Up Alumnus Bryan Holston to be Featured Panelist at the White House’s Summer Jobs+ 2012 Summit Focused on Employment for Young Adults Read the White House press release about Summer Jobs
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Year Up Featured at National Summit Focused on Expanding Options for Job Training and ProsperityMore than 150 Young Adult Leaders — Including Year Up Students — Kick-Start Summit on Nov. 3.
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The Opportunity Divide Year Up launches a new, animated video about the Opportunity Divide and the steps we're taking to close it.
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Year Up Inc. Announces Creation of the Professional Training Corps at Clinton Global Initiative AmericaRead our commitment
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Opportunity campaignYear Up is seeking an infusion of growth capital. Over the next five years, Year Up will undertake a series of initiatives to both bridge and close the Opportunity Divide. Learn more
Special Report: Independent evaluation showed Year Up graduatesearned 30% more than non-participants.
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Year Up named one of the Best NonProfits to Work For 2011 by the NonProfit Times!Click here to read the article
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JOBS FOR THE FUTURE ISSUES REPORT ON YEAR UP
Jobs for the Future issued a Report about Year Up in their publication Dollars and Sense: How "Career First" Programs Like Year Up Benefit Youth and Employers. This report describes the Year Up model, highlighting its extraordinary employer commitment and participation.
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- Gerald Chertavian discusses the power of mentoring in the New York Times Read the article
- Year Up highlighted by Diversity Journal
Read the article - Year Up Alumnus Bryan Holston to be Featured Panelist at the White House’s Summer Jobs+ 2012 Summit Focused on Employment for Young Adults Read the White House press release about
Summer Jobs
Read the Year Up media advisory about Bryan's involvement - Gerald Chertavian to chair Integrating College and Career Readiness Task Force for Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Read the press release
- Bloomberg TV features Year Up as "a solution to the unemployment problem" Watch the video
- Barron's cover story features Gerald Chertavian as a "fascinating philanthropist" Read the article
- Opportunity Nation releases documentary on Year Up graduate Sotheara Yem Watch the video
- Brookings Institute paper calls for the creation of "more-coherent and more-effective education and workforce development systems," citing Year Up as evidence that these programs work. Click here to read more
- Opportunity Nation and Year Up alumni featured in TIME Magazine. Click here to read more
- Avectra expands its partnership with Year Up.
Click here to read more - Year Up upgrades its training curriculum and computer systems with software valued at $2.2M through Microsoft’s nonprofit software donations program. Read our press release
- Year Up mentioned in Fortune article. Click here to read more
- Year Up featured in a new video produced by New Profit and the Pathways Fund: Watch the video
- Year Up Inc. Announces Creation of the Professional Training Corps at Clinton Global Initiative America Read our press release
Year Up Atlanta
- Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation produces video on Year Up Atlanta's powerful impact on young adults through its partnership with inaugural internship partner Genuine Parts Company Watch the video
- Year Up Atlanta featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution Read more
- Year Up Atlanta and AT&T expand partnership.
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Year Up Boston
- Year Up Boston interns highlighted in the Harvard Gazette. Read more
- Year Up Boston highlighted in Partners HealthCare newsletter. Read more.
- Year Up Boston's Executive Director, Casey Recupero, featured as "Gutsy Leader" by Grand Circle Foundation. Read more
- Year Up Boston is accepting applications for our September class. For more information, come to our Open House every Wednesday from 2:30-4:00pm or click here for more information
YEAR UP CHICAGO
- Year Up program highlighted by CA Technologies.
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YEAR UP NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
- Year Up National Capital Region receives kudos from Avectra Read more
- VPP praises Year Up National Capital Region and Northern Virginia Community College Partnership.
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Year Up New York City
- Kenneth Austin, Executive Director at Year Up New York, profiled in Amsterdam News
Read the article - HR Executive Magazine highlights Year Up New York's partnership with Euro RSCG Read the article
- Euro RSCG announces partnership with Year Up New York. Click here to read the release
- Year Up featured in NY Post. Read the article
- Year Up New York City alum highlighted in Bed-Stuy Patch article Read more
Year Up Providence
- CVS/Caremark Charity Classic Attended by Students Read more
- Year Up Providence Celebrates Three HDI Certified Students Read more
- On Friday May 20th, Year Up Providence was honored to welcome Congressman David Cicilline, former Mayor of Providence and an invaluable supporter of Year Up in Rhode Island and nationally. Read more
Year Up PUGET SOUND
- Governor Gregoire announces support of Year Up program as part of efforts to spur job growth in Washington
Read the release - Year Up Puget Sound is looking for mentors!
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- The Seattle Foundation recognizes Year Up
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Year Up San Francisco Bay Area
- Year Up Bay Area awarded 40 round-trip tickets by Southwest Airlines to help close the Opportunity Divide! Click here to learn more.
- Year Up Bay Area featured in The Institute for a Competitive Workforce website Read more
- Open house for prospective students and community members Read more