Year Up

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Year Up's mission is to close the Opportunity Divide by ensuring that young adults gain the skills, experiences, and support that will empower them to reach their potential through careers and higher education.

Core Values:
 - Respect and value others
 - Build trust, be honest
 - Be accountable
 - Engage and embrace diversity
 - Strive to learn
 - Work hard and have fun

"Why"
We believe that every young adult has potential and deserves an opportunity and economic justice.

Year Up is committed to ensuring equitable access to economic opportunity, education, and justice for all young adults—no matter their background, income, or zip code. Employers face a growing need for talent while millions are left disconnected from the economic mainstream. These inequities only further perpetuate the Opportunity Divide that exists in our country—a divide that Year Up is determined and positioned to close.

Our Impact Strategy
In addition to driving impact through direct service and strategic partnerships with employers, talent providers, and policymakers, Year Up is committed to addressing the root causes of the Opportunity Divide in this country and creating pathways to opportunity at broad scale. Helping to power the opportunity movement and make this work possible are two essential partnerships with Grads of Life and YUPRO.

Grads of Life
Grads of Life was created by Year Up to harness the power of the private sector in closing the Opportunity Divide. Grads of Life is mobilizing an Opportunity Employer Movement by demonstrating the benefits of hiring practices that prioritize diversity and economic equality and equipping employers with the knowledge, training, and tools to hire, retain, and advance Opportunity Talent. Grads of Life researches and publishes insights on evidence-based inclusive talent practices, shifts perceptions of what constitutes talent through its media and communications platforms, and partners with employers directly to help them design and implement talent strategies that promote economic opportunity, stability, and mobility for all.

YUPRO
YUPRO is a Public Benefit Corporation and Year Up’s dedicated placement firm, supporting our alumni network with job placement services, customized coaching, and ongoing professional development. YUPRO upholds our shared social mission and supports Opportunity Talent—motivated and resilient individuals from traditionally untapped talent pools—in securing jobs where they can earn equitable market wages and access economic and career mobility with employer partners that invest in a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. As the nation’s leading Opportunity Talent placement firm, YUPRO offers a strategic, socially responsible alternative to traditional staffing and provides employers with access to an expansive pool of diverse, skilled, and vetted talent available for temporary or permanent assignments.

Note:  Information provided comes directly from the Year Up website

YEAR UP BY THE NUMBERS

$42,000

Average starting annual salary of Year Up grads

30,000+

Students served

 

90%

Of grads employed and/or enrolled in postsecondary education within 4 months of graduation

 

 

 

 

 

35

Campuses
across U.S.

90%

Satisfaction rating from managers of Year Up interns