NEW HAVEN PROMISE INC

"BACK NEW HAVEN" - Career and Civic Launch: meets the city and regional needs for a diverse homegrown talent pipeline that strengthens neighborhoods and creates career and leadership opportunities for more than a thousand returned Promise Alumni. New Haven Promise facilitates scholars' return to live, work and participate fully in the greater New Haven community. Hosted job fairs and brokered entry-level full-time job oppurtunities for Promise alumni; hosted professional and leadership development workshop series; tracked alumni to live and work in the greater New Haven region after graduation; hosted financial wealth education and homebuyer seminars to discuss wealth building in 20s; connected alumni with mortgage experts, realtors and their peer alumni who have already become homeowners; served Yale Teaching Fellowship, a program that aims to train high-quality teachers from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, cover teacher shortage areas, and promote long-term teacher retention in New Haven Public Schools.