How Economic Justice Can Create Economic Prosperity:

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How Economic Justice Can Create Economic
Prosperity The Year Up Model
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Overview of Year Up The Opportunity Divide
The livable wage job market is increasingly
demanding higher levels of skill from its
workforce
The countrys fastest growing demographic groups
are receiving the least amount of education

• More than 40 of public high school students who
  manage to graduate are unprepared for either
  college courses or anything beyond an entry-level
  job
• Less than 10 of low-income individuals ever earn
  a college degree
• By 2035 the United States will be a majority
  minority country

• 40 of all jobs in the US require the use of
  technology and on average pay 45 more than jobs
  that do not require the use of technology
• The minimum wage is not a livable wage in most
  American cities
• By 2015, 8 out of 10 jobs will require some form
  of post-secondary education

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Overview of Year Up The Effect on our Society

• 4.4M disconnected young adults, of which 1.7M
  have graduated from high school or obtained a
  GED, but remain out of work and out of school
• Roughly half of the 1.7M live in the top 30
  metropolitan areas in the US

Note Disconnected defined as not in school,
not employed or in the military and no education
beyond high school Year Up works exclusively
with low-income, at-risk 18 to 24 year olds
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Overview of Year Up Our Mission
Year Ups mission is to close the Opportunity
Divide by providing urban young adults with
skills, experience, and support that will empower
them to reach their potential through
professional careers and higher education.
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Overview of Year Up Year Ups Theory of Change
Support Educational Stipend Mentors Staff
Advisors
Education Technical and Professional
Skills College Credit
Experience Paid Corporate Internship Staff
Support
Guidance Contract Customized transition to
work/college
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Snapshot Student Growth
1400
1362
Students Served by Year
1200
Founding Class
1014
1000
793
800
628
600
506
352
400
205
200
120
90
30
22
0
2009
2010
2001
2006
2005
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2007
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2011
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Snapshot Our Results

• 4,413 students served
• 100 placement of qualified students into
  internships
• 95 of interns meet or exceed expectations of
  internship partners
• 84 of alumni employed or enrolled in college
  full-time within four months of graduation
• Average starting graduate salary of 30,000
• A randomized controlled study proved that Year Up
  graduates earned an average of 30 percent more
  than non-participants of the program

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Three Strategies 2012-2016 55 Million
Grow and Strengthen the Core
Grow and Strengthen our core model to serve 2,500
students annually
Develop the Million-Person Model
Design alternative program models that can scale
to serve 100,000 students annually
Create Systems Change
Continue our efforts to change systems at the
national and local levels
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Questions?
empowering urban talent to reach their potential