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Year Up is a one-year, intensive training program that provides urban young adults 18-24, with a unique combination of technical and professional skills, college credits, an educational stipend and corporate apprenticeship.

Our success is our graduates -- enabling them to move on to full-time employment and higher education. Year Up is about providing opportunities for urban young adults to demonstrate their true potential. We have achieved excellent results to date:

  • 100% placement of qualified students into apprenticeships
  • 83% student retention
  • 90% of apprentices meet or exceed apprenticeship partner expectations
  • 87% of graduates placed in full or part-time positions within 4 months of graduation
  • $15/hr average wage at placement


President Obama Visits Year Up
On Friday, June 19, 2009, Year Up was honored and recognized by President Barack Obama with a visit to our Washington, DC site. Our students, staff, corporate and philanthropic partners hosted the president as he toured the program.
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President Obama Promotes Year Up as a Successful Program

On Tuesday, June 23, 2009, President Barack Obama with a visit to our Washington, DC site spoke about the Year Up in a Press conference. "I went to a program here locally in Washington called Year Up, which has a proven track record of taking young, mostly minority people, some of whom have graduated from high school, some maybe who've just gotten their GED, and trained them on computers and provide them other technical skills, but also train them on how to carry themselves in an office, how to write an e-mail -- some of the social skills that will allow them to be more employable."


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Year Up was chosen to receive the Corporate Voices for Working Families 2009 “Nonprofit Partner of the Year” award. Read more


News Hour with Jim LehrOn 12.23.08, Year Up was Featured on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer. Watch the video


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National
  • Year Up was chosen to receive the Corporate Voices for Working Families 2009 “Nonprofit Partner of the Year” award. Read more
  • Year Up featured in The Newshour with Jim Lehrer. Click here to watch the video.
  • Year Up featured on NECN News Night, 21st Century Skills Report, December 10, 2008.
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  • Year Up featured in 10-29-08 Entrepreneur.com article. Read more
  • Year Up featured in 10-14-08 Boston Globe. Read more
  • Year Up 2005 graduate, Rashawn Facey-Castillo, gives speech in Washington D.C. at the Our America event. Read more
  • Gerald Chertavian Named to Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Read more
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    Gerald Chertavian to Be Inducted Into International Ashoka Fellowship. Read More
  • Year Up wins the 2008 Fast Company Social Capital Award. Read more
  • Year Up Announces $10M Commitment from Microsoft. Read more or View video
  • Watch our Student Video View
  • We're hiring! Read more

Year Up Atlanta
  • Join us for our ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, May 4. Read more
  • Year Up Atlanta was featured in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read more

Year Up Boston
  • Class of July 2009 Graduation planned for July 30, 2009. Read more
  • Year Up Boston holds Open Houses every Wednesday. Read more
  • Thank you to all of our sponsors for making this year's Carnival a success! To see photos from the event, please click here
  • Click here to read recent Year Up Articles in the Boston Globe
  • Congratulations Year Up Graduates January 2009! Read More

Year Up New York City
  • On December 2, 2008, Year Up NYC was honored as a Robin Hood Hero. Read More
  • Year Up NYC hosts succesful Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street on October 30th, 2008. Read More

Year Up Providence
  • Congratulations to Year Up Providence Graduates, Class of July 2008! Read More
  • Year Up was featured in the manufacturing section of the internal newsletter Citizens Today. Read More
  • Year Up Providence welcomes its eighth class of students. Read More

Year Up San Francisco Bay Area
  • We were featured in the 3-29-09, San Francisco Chronicle. Read More
  • Welcome second class! Read More
  • Year Up San Francisco Bay area feature on ABC 7 News. Read More
  • We are now accepting applications for the September 2009 class! Read More
  • Celebrate our 1st year with us Read More

Year Up Washington D.C.
  • President Obama Visits Year Up to Promote Importance of Responsible Fatherhood. Read More

 

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