Causes: Children & Youth, Education, Job Training, Secondary & High Schools, Youth Development Programs
Mission: Futures and Options empowers New York City’s underserved youth to explore careers. Through career development and paid, mentored internships, our model program enables New York’s underserved youth to gain much needed access to the economic mainstream, work readiness training and support from caring adults. At the same time, private and nonprofit businesses are connected to a pipeline of promising, motivated and diverse young interns. We reach out to teens at a formative time of their lives, guiding them to further their education and become contributing citizens. citizens of the community. Through paid educational internships, this model program enables businesses and not-for-profits to gain access to promising, motivated and diverse young interns, who in turn gain much needed access to the economic mainstream, career development and support from caring adults.
Results: Since its inception in 1995, F&O has served over 4,500 New York City youth and coordinated paid, mentored internship placements at over 500 private and nonprofit businesses. Thanks to ongoing support from F&O staff, 94% of participants have successfully completed their internships. Historically, over 90 percent of F+O students graduate from high school on time and attend college. Recent data from the National Student Clearinghouse on college persistence indicates that F+O program graduates are achieving success in college, with 60 percent or more of our college age alumni still enrolled in school.
Target demographics: F+O youth come from low and moderate income families. 67% qualify for free lunch. In FY2014, our student population was 45% African American, 26% Hispanic, 11% Asian/Pacific Islander, 9% multi-ethnic, and 4% Caucasian, 5% other; 51% female and 49% male.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Last year, F+O served 628 youth by providing work-readiness training and college preparatory services.
Geographic areas served: NYC
Programs: the Internship Program, Career Essentials, Bridge to Work, the College Guidance Initiative, the College Success Program, the CE Alumni Network and On the Road.
Mission: Futures and Options empowers New York City’s underserved youth to explore careers. Through career development and paid, mentored internships, our model program enables New York’s underserved youth to gain much needed access to the economic mainstream, work readiness training and support from caring adults. At the same time, private and nonprofit businesses are connected to a pipeline of promising, motivated and diverse young interns. We reach out to teens at a formative time of their lives, guiding them to further their education and become contributing citizens. citizens of the community. Through paid educational internships, this model program enables businesses and not-for-profits to gain access to promising, motivated and diverse young interns, who in turn gain much needed access to the economic mainstream, career development and support from caring adults.
Results: Since its inception in 1995, F&O has served over 4,500 New York City youth and coordinated paid, mentored internship placements at over 500 private and nonprofit businesses. Thanks to ongoing support from F&O staff, 94% of participants have successfully completed their internships. Historically, over 90 percent of F+O students graduate from high school on time and attend college. Recent data from the National Student Clearinghouse on college persistence indicates that F+O program graduates are achieving success in college, with 60 percent or more of our college age alumni still enrolled in school.
Target demographics: F+O youth come from low and moderate income families. 67% qualify for free lunch. In FY2014, our student population was 45% African American, 26% Hispanic, 11% Asian/Pacific Islander, 9% multi-ethnic, and 4% Caucasian, 5% other; 51% female and 49% male.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Last year, F+O served 628 youth by providing work-readiness training and college preparatory services.
Geographic areas served: NYC
Programs: the Internship Program, Career Essentials, Bridge to Work, the College Guidance Initiative, the College Success Program, the CE Alumni Network and On the Road.
120 Broadway Suite 1019, New York, NY 10271
212-601-0002
Children & Youth
New York
