What partner ensures high school-aged youth receive the career counseling, work experience, professional development, and post-secondary support necessary to attain living wage careers.
Newark Youth Career Pathways
This partner offers a series of summer programs for high-achieving students from post 4th to post-11th grades, designed to encourage and prepare them to succeed in the STEM field/career
NJIT Early College Preparatory Programs
Which partner recruits young adults (aged 18-24) interested in launching their career journey in healthcare as Medical Assistants.
Propel America
Provides a 12-month program designed to promote technology-based career opportunities for young adults in the areas of web development, data science, cybersecurity etc.
The Knowledge House
Offers half-day community workshops providing food allergy education to patients, parents, and health/human service professionals.
Food Allergy Research & Education
Serves college students in the South Ward of Newark. Students will receive support with financial aid, course selection and registration, job and internship applications, and problem solving, tutoring, writing assistance etc.
Abbott Leadership Institute (Newark Grad Center)
Provides Lead and Seed training for middle and high school youth designed to increase their knowledge and problem-solving skills for preventing and reducing alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use.
Prevention Links
Provides the South Ward Scholars Successful Transition Program - a year-long after-school program for 6th-8th graders to help students apply to the best high quality schools in Newark and expose these 6th through 8th-graders.
Leaders for Life
Offers evidence-based home visiting program that focuses on parenting skills Also conducts in-home screening children for cognitive, social-emotional, speech and motor development, as well as hearing and vision.
Family Connections
Host series of Healthy Homes Workshops, targeting families with young children and assisting families with taking action to address at home health hazards that contribute to asthma triggers and lead exposure in children.
Clinton Hill Community Action
Families enrolled in the program will be offered intensive, long-term home visitation services from a trained nurse from pregnancy to the time the child reaches age two.
YCS- Nurse Family Partnership
Conducts screenings to connect families with wraparound legal services, including placement with a pro bono attorney or limited scope assistance so individuals can represent themselves in legal matters, where appropriate.
Volunteer Lawyers for Justice NJ
Assist young adults with completing their high school education, developing skills in construction training and other industry credentials, and supporting them in becoming productive members of the community.
YouthBuild Newark (Opportunity Youth Network)
Engages High school students mentees to provide additional support to ensure students are attending school regularly and make appropriate referrals to other services the student/family may need.
Newark Community Street Team
Support and develop those teachers placed, improving their instructional delivery and engaging them as change agents for their schools and the community.
Teach for America NJ
This school offers the After School All Stars program to scholars
Achieve Community Charter School
