I'm so thrilled that two of our three Thrive by 25 sites (Baltimore and Albuquerque) have been recognized by the Carnegie Corporation as exemplary partnerships where leaders from different fields – such as medicine, business, technology, and public schooling – are joining forces to help low-income students thrive and participate in their communities.
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Baltimore's Promise: A 2017 study found that 26 percent of Baltimore City Schools graduates in 2009 had neither pursued higher education nor entered the workforce six months after graduation; only 12 percent had earned college degrees after six years; and 29 percent of city residents between the ages of 18–24 were living in poverty.
Grads2Careers, a collaboration between Baltimore City Public Schools, the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development, and Baltimore’s Promise, is addressing these community challenges through an initiative that provides pathways for recent high school graduates into career-track jobs as part of the StriveTogether network. The initiative funds occupational skills training opportunities in local high-growth fields. Of the more than 950 young people served by Grads2Careers as of February 2024, 660 have completed a training program, with another 108 still in training. Of those who completed the program, 68 percent had obtained a job within six months.
Future Focused Education: In 2018, a ruling in the lawsuit Yazzie/Martinez v. State of New Mexico found that New Mexico was not providing all students with rigorous, career-preparatory education; access to work-based learning to compete for high-wage careers went to only 3.8 percent of the best-resourced students. Since then, Future Focused Education, a New Mexico-based nonprofit, has worked with the state to help school districts develop work-based learning for underserved students, pairing students with local health care employers, and providing monthly stipends to the students.
With a statewide health care staffing shortage of nearly 18,000 professionals, its X3 Internship health care program facilitates relationships between young people and clinics, hospitals, high schools, postsecondary institutions, and health care partners. More than 90 percent of interns in the program have improved career attitudes, awareness, skills, or connections. Ninety-one percent of employer mentors report a positive experience. There are now more than 100 health care internship placements annually. At least 35 percent of interns receive employment or additional work-based learning directly out of the program.
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