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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.

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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.

​Please check back in January 2025 for 2025 program dates.​

Career Readiness Academy
Giving Opportunities 

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  • Provide brand new Dell laptop computers for Career Readiness Academy graduates. 25 laptop computers are needed. $800 provides one laptop computer

 

  • Give laptop computers to Fostering Connections for students to use during class sessions.​

 

  • Sponsor student job shadowing stipends. $150 provides a stipend for one student.

 

  • Give in-kind brand new work attire, hair, and makeup services for our students on the final day of class.

 

  • 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

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