Causes: Education, Scholarships, Scholarships & Student Financial Aid

Mission: TO FOSTER SOCIAL & ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CLEABORN-FOOTE NEIGHBORHOOD OF INNER-CITY MEMPHIS.

Results: Number of grads: Goal: 128 || Actual: 120Number of new employers: Goal: 20 || Actual: 22Number of grads employed: Goal: 80 || Actual: 135Number of IDAs opened: Goal: 27 || Actual: 17Number of Volunteer Hours: Goal: 850 || Actual: 1943

Geographic areas served: Inner City Memphis

Programs: Jobs for life - participants attend a 6 week soft skills job training class to assist them in preparing and searching for, obtaining and maintaining meaningful employment, helping 95 people find permanent jobs in the community. The program also includes financial management curriculum as well as a computer literacy course.

staffing service program - graduates of the organization's jobs for life program are eligilble to participate as an employee in the staffing service program, as these individuals look to build upon the lessons and skills learned during the jobs for life program. Participants of the advance memphis staffing service program are placed with area businesses on a temporary basis. 272 graduates were employed throughout the year.

outsourcing program - the organization's provides graduates of the jobs for life program with opportunities for on-the-job application of the skills and concepts learned in jobs for life.