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The partnership between Bank of America and the Year Up job training program has become a successful endeavor, according to representatives from both organizations. View the story on WBTV
Year Up launches its Client Advisory Board (CAB) to further increase access to meaningful careers for young adults without bachelor’s degrees. Read the press release

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Bank of America employees find success through job training program

By Alex Giles | Jun 2, 2023

The partnership between Bank of America and the Year Up job training program has become a successful endeavor, according to representatives from both organizations.

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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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In The News

Job training program aims to close racial economic divide

By Sharon Epperson | Jun 4, 2020

CNBC
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What’s Holding Companies Back From Expanding Diversity

By Maitane Sardon and Dieter Holger | Oct 26, 2019

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Among the challenges: creating a more diverse pipeline and measuring the extent of the problem
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Resume Issues? Need An Internship? This Organization Can Help

By Amr Alfiki | Feb 8, 2019

NPR
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Press Releases

Year Up Appoints Three New Members to Its National Board of Directors

Sep 26, 2023

Year Up’s Annual Alumni Summit Focuses on “Bridging the Gap” to Increase Access to Opportunity

Sep 13, 2023

Year Up Announces Launch of Client Advisory Board to Further Advance Skills-Based Hiring

Aug 29, 2023

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