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NBC News' Jacob Ward takes an in-depth look at the "Year Up" program that is helping students without college degrees get jobs in the tech industry. View the story on NBC News
Year Up Promotes Ellen McClain to President to Lead Organization in Scaling Access to Opportunity for Young Adults and Impact on Employer Systems Read the press release

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These Job-Training Programs Work, and May Show Others the Way

By Steve Lohr | Oct 3, 2022

A handful of innovators have developed successful programs to help lift low-income workers into the middle class.

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One Response by Fundraisers to Racial Reckoning: an Affinity Group for Black Donors

By Drew Lindsay | Mar 30, 2022

Year Up provides career training and support to young adults across the country, like these New York and New Jersey graduates of the program.

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LinkedIn and Year Up partner for a more diverse IT future

By Sarah K. White | Mar 14, 2022

LinkedIn is encouraging its employees to make a difference through a partnership aimed at priming the careers of young adults from communities und

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Fred Mutsinzi went from homelessness to venture capital. Here’s how.

By Peter Coy | Jan 7, 2022

Fred Mutsinzi grew up in Rwanda, moved to the United States for college, then wound up homeless in Portland, Maine, after his money ran out.

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Inside the program helping students without college degrees secure jobs in tech

By Jacob Ward | Jan 1, 2021

NBC News' Jacob ward takes an in-depth look at the "Year up" program that is helping students without college degrees get jobs in the tech industry

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In The News

Student debt "feels like quicksand." Is loan forgiveness the answer?

By Jean Song | Mar 25, 2021

Year Up alum Jeremy Porter speaks to Jean Song of CBS News Originals about his experience with student debt
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How the pandemic is propelling demand for short-term college programs

By Hari Sreenivasan | Jan 26, 2021

PBS NEWSHOUR
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Inside the program helping students without college degrees secure jobs in tech

By Jacob Ward | Jan 1, 2021

NBC News' Jacob ward takes an in-depth look at the "Year up" program that is helping students without college degrees get jobs in the tech industry
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Year Up Aims to Tackle U.S. Racial Wealth Gap

By Julia Chatterley | Jun 12, 2020

CNN
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Gaining Skills Virtually to Close the Inequality Gap

By Steve Lohr | Jun 7, 2020

NEW YORK TIMES
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As black jobless rate soars, Year Up and partners Merck, Amazon and others offer career development

By Sharon Epperson | Jun 5, 2020

CNBC
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Press Releases

Year Up Receives $4.5 million Grant from Ascendium Education Group to Expand Google Career Certificates Programs in Austin and Seattle

Feb 15, 2023

Year Up Promotes Ellen McClain to President to Lead Organization in Scaling Access to Opportunity for Young Adults and Impact on Employer Systems

Sep 27, 2022

Year Up Receives $25 Million Gift from The Meg and Bennett Goodman Family Foundation

Aug 4, 2022

Year Up Announces New Austin Site Offering Google Career Certificates and Accelerated Courses to Connect Young Adults with Technology Careers

Jun 17, 2022

Year Up Announces Increasing Return on Investment and Sustained $8,000 Earnings Gains for Young Adults

May 17, 2022