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/PRNewswire/ The nonprofit Year Up announced that it has appointed Ellen McClain as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) to lead and manage the organization s. ....
Year Upâs Sustained Earnings Impacts Indicate A Pathway Towards An Equitable, Just Economy Share to Linkedin Ten years ago, Year Up was one of nine leading programs selected to take part in the federally-sponsored Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) Evaluation. Today, the latest results of that study have been released and, once again, Year Up demonstrates the largest earnings impact reported to date for any workforce development program. Year Up Founder and CEO Gerald Chertavian reflects on these powerful outcomes. Year Up Year Up When Yunior Crispin Valdez became a father at 15, he never imagined that just seven years later, heâd have a full-time job with family-sustaining wages, own a home, and be on his way towards becoming a first-generation college graduate. Yunior is just one of 23,000 alumni whose lives were changed after participating in Year Up, our national nonprofit that offers young people the skills, support, and experien ....
/PRNewswire/ As the U.S. continues to grapple with increasing income inequality, the nonprofit Year Up announced today the results of a new report by Abt. ....
Abt Report Shows Benefits Far Exceed Costs SHARE THIS May 5, 2021 Rockville, Md. – Abt Associates today announced that the national Year Up program generated some of the largest sustained earnings gains ever reported for a job training program for low-income young adults. Abt’s evaluation found that gains lasted through the end of a five-year follow-up period. By the fifth year, participants’ average annual earnings were nearly $8,000 (34 percent) higher than the earnings of a randomly assigned control group. The evaluation also found that: the program returned $1.66 in net benefits to society for every dollar spent in the first five years the program boosted average hourly wages by 22 percent, from $15.20 to $18.55 ....
Jets Donate $1 Million to Social Justice Organizations All Stars Project, Innocence Project, New York Urban League and Year Up to Receive $250,000 Each Dec 22, 2020 at 01:05 PM Copied! The Jets announced Tuesday a $1 million donation to four partner organizations as part of the team s social justice, inclusion and diversity efforts. These organizations - All Stars Project, New York Urban League and Year Up – all share the goal of reducing barriers and creating opportunities for individuals in need. As part of the partnerships, each organization will receive $250,000. Additionally, New York Jets players, coaches, and staff will have the opportunity to volunteer their time and expertise on various upcoming projects with each organization. ....