YOUTHFORCE NOLA

A collaborative between education, business, and civic organizations, youthforce nola's collective efforts represent progress towards a shared vision for a more equitable, economically prosperous new orleans for all new orleans public school graduates. Youthforce nola works with over 150 employers, 84% of new orleans' open-enrollment public high schools, quality technical training providers (both higher ed and third-party), and a variety of civic and community organizations to accomplish this work. Together, the organization and its collaborators have launched a variety of programs that impact thousands of individual public school students and created larger, systems-wide changes to better prepare students for post-secondary success -- in college, career, and beyond. Specific activities in 2020 included; school engagement and capacity: $747,305; internship and soft skills: $833,096; training provider capacity: $1,025,145; strategic alignment: $969,400.