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Career Pathways to Success

Career Pathways to Success

This is a comprehensive program that integrates education, skill development, practical experience, and leadership training to empower youth ages 14-24 to not only secure sustainable employment but also to emerge as confident and capable leaders in their chosen fields.

Below are the focal points of the program:

  • 21st Century Skills  – Obtaining the knowledge, life skills, career skills, habits, and traits that are critically important to success in today’s society. 
  • Academic Assistance – Identifying academic areas of concern and assisting with overcoming learning obstacles
  • College Readiness – Developing the set of skills, behaviors, and knowledge needed before you must enroll in their first year of college. 
  • Post Secondary Education – Education that follows the successful completion of secondary education and leads to a vocation. 
  • Workforce Readiness – Developing personal qualities, people skills, and professional traits that are desirable and necessary to acquire and maintain employment. 
  • Hands-On Work Experience – Planned, structured learning experiences that provide the youth participant with opportunities for career exploration and skill development and that take place in a workplace for a limited period of time.
  • Leadership Development – Opportunities, including community service and peer‐centered activities encouraging responsibility and other positive social and civic behaviors.
  • Financial Literacy – Supporting the ability of participants to create budgets, initiate checking and savings accounts at banks, and make informed financial decisions.
  • Mentoring – Formal relationship between a youth participant and an adult mentor that includes structured activities where the mentor offers guidance, support, and encouragement to develop the competence and character of the mentee.
  • CounselingAssistance with connecting with a provider that will work with the youth to identify any potential barriers and learn techniques to successfully overcome them.
  • Entrepreneurial Skills TrainingLearning the basics of starting and running a small business.

“United by service, Driven by our community”. 

Our experienced professionals are ready to assist. We service Richmond, Chesterfield, Henrico and surrounding counties. 

Call 804-925-9329 to get started.