Causes: Adult & Child Matching Programs, Children & Youth

Mission: The mission of partners for youth opportunity is to partner with our community to provide durham youth with mentoring, employment and educational support in order to discover and achieve their aspirations.

Programs: Partners for youth opportunity is a multi-year, multi-service program serving students (as early as rising 8th graders) from all over durham county, representing every public high school. We follow our students throughout their first year of college. We choose our students based on the following criteria. Most of our students fall into 2 categories: -qualify for free and reduced lunch -are first generation immigrants -have family members previously or currently incarcerated we provide workforce development, academic support, community based mentoring and opportunities to connect

partners for youth opportunity is a multi-year, multi-service program serving students (as early as rising 8th graders) from all over durham county, representing every public high school. We follow our students throughout their first year of college. We choose our students based on the following criteria. Most of our students fall into 2 categories: -qualify for free and reduced lunch -are first generation immigrants -have family members previously or currently incarcerated we provide workforce development, academic support, community based mentoring and opportunities to connect