ACHIEVE ATLANTA INC

College success - see schedule oachieve atlanta has established formal relationships with 11 georgia colleges and universities to streamline advising and coaching services for atlanta public schools graduates attending one of these institutions. Achieve atlanta has also contracted with beyond 12 and edu-tech enterprises, two college success nonprofits, to provide coaching and advising to atlanta public school graduates while they are in college. In addition, achieve atlanta has developed a peer-ambassador program and established mental health support and an emergency grant program. Collectively, these efforts are intended to increase the rates of college persistence and completion for atlanta public school graduates and put them on a pathway to upward mobility. To date, achieve atlanta scholars are persisting and graduating year to year at similar rates to students of all income levels enrolled in the university system of georgia.

Career supportsour alumni's experiences and outcomes have helped us see that a postsecondary degree alone is often not enough to put a scholar on a path to upward mobility, which is central to our vision. In response, we have built a program to integrate career supports more intentionally into the scholar journey. In the first year of our career supports programming, we are coordinating and maximizing the career resources already available to scholars through our current college and career partners and partnership modelto increase utilization, quality, and equitable access to career coaching, skills, and experiences. An example of this is evident in our collaboration with bravenx to increase the number of scholars participating in their career accelerator program. While we are maximizing existing resources, we are also identifying gaps and exploring new partnerships, resources, and approaches to improve the early career outcomes of our alumni.