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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: |
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100% placement of qualified students into apprenticeships |
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83% student retention |
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90% of apprentices meet or exceed
apprenticeship partner expectations |
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87% of graduates placed in full or
part-time positions within 4 months of graduation |
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$15/hr average wage at placement |
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National
•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
Click here to
watch the video.
• 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 
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our Student Video View
• We're hiring! Read
more
Year Up atlanta
•Year Up Atlanta was featured in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read more
Year Up Boston
• 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! July 2008 Read
More
Year Up New York
City
• On December 2, 2008, Year Up NYC was honored as a Robin Hood Hero. Read
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• 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
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• Year Up was featured in the manufacturing section of the internal newsletter Citizens Today. Read
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• Year Up Providence welcomes its eighth class of students Read More
Year Up san francisco
Bay area
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Attend an Open House at our site in San Francisco’s Financial District
Wednesday, January 7th at 2:30 p.m.
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• Now accepting applications for the March 2009 class. Read More
• Year Up welcomes its first class on the West Coast! On September 2, 2008, Year Up San Francisco Bay Area kicked off Orientation Week for its inaugural class of 24 students at its new site in the San Francisco's Financial District. Read More
Year Up Washington
D.C.
•Congratulations to Year Up DC Graduates, Class of July 2008!
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