Career Readiness Academy
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Thank you Kids Hope Alliance for funding our Career Readiness Academy program through the Emerging Providers microgrant program. We appreciate your support!
The Career Readiness Academy is a job training program held in the summer for teens in foster care. It is open to teens in the five counties we serve: St. Johns, Duval, Flagler, Volusia and Putnam.
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Students learn the foundational skills they need to secure a job; applying for a job, writing a resume, interview skills, basic banking, customer service skills, and working as a team. These skills are covered through hands on learning opportunities and games.
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Students who complete our program:
-Improve their communication skills.
-Learn to work collaboratively with others.
-Identify careers that interest them.
-Create a vision board and set goals for their future.
-Learn foundational job skills.
-Practice what they learn through mock interviews and job shadowing. All students complete job shadowing and mock interviews during our weeklong program, receiving a stipend and a laptop computer
-Students receive connections to potential internships to participate in following program graduation.
Career Readiness Academy DeLand Cohort Post-Assessment
Career Readiness Academy
Giving Opportunities
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Provide brand new laptop computers for Career Readiness Academy graduates. 60 laptop computers are needed. $300 provides one laptop computer
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Give laptop computers to Fostering Connections for students to use during class sessions.​
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Sponsor student job shadowing stipends. $150 provides a stipend for one student.
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Give in-kind brand new work attire, hair, and makeup services for our students on the final day of class.
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Provide gift cards and gas cards to thank caregivers for bringing students to class and assist with the cost of transporting students to class.
Donate here​
Photos from 2025 Career Readiness Academies
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