Year Up's mission is to close the opportunity divide by providing urban young adults ages 18-24 with skills training, internships, and college credits to empower them to pursue careers and higher education. The one-year program focuses on technical skills development in the first six months and corporate internships in the second six months. Students can earn up to 31 college credits and a weekly stipend. Year Up serves over 13,000 students annually across multiple locations to address the problem of over 6 million young adults in the US who lack job skills or education after high school.

1. OUR MISSION
Year Up’s mission is to close the
Opportunity Divide by providing
urban young adults with the skills,
experience, and support that will
empower them to reach their
potential through professional
careers and higher education.
Year Up is a one-year, intensive
training program that provides
low-income young adults, ages
18-24, with a combination of
hands-on skill development,
college credits, and corporate
internships.
The first six months of the
program focuses on technical
and professional skill building,
while the second six months
focuses on applying these skills
through corporate internships.
Students also earn up to 31
college credits and a weekly
stipend.
OUR AMERICAN CRISIS
The United States is home to approximately 6 million
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Opportunity Youth—18 to 24 year olds who
have not progressed beyond a high school diploma and are neither employed nor enrolled in
postsecondary education. More than 70% of low-income, minority youth in the U.S. leave high school
and/or GED programs without a path toward either a post-secondary degree or a livable wage job.
Year Up is a proven solution to this problem
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SERVED TO DATE WE WILL SERVE IN 2016 INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT CORPORATE PARTNERS
INTERNSHIP PARTNERS
PARTIAL LISTING OF INTERNSHIP PARTNERS
INTERNSHIP TO HIRE
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PARTNER SATISFACTION
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OUR PROGRAM
PARTIAL LIST OF TECHNICAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS LEARNED
AVERAGE RETENTION COLLEGE CREDITS EARNED
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STUDENT SUCCESS RATE
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HOURLY WAGE
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YEAR UP CHICAGO BY THE NUMBERS
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3,000+students
100% 250+
85%
upto
31
$18.00Year Up
Graduate
Starting
Wage
75% $7.25Federal
minimum
wage
35% 90%
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NATIONAL IMPACT
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Year Up Chicago | 223 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 400 | Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 726-5300 | ChicagoInternships@yearup.org | www.yearup.org

2. GENDER RACEAVERAGE AGE
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CHALLENGES FACING OUR STUDENTS
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1. National Impact—Students
served annually reflects
projected 2016 figure (Figure
includes both traditional and
Professional Training Corps
locations)
2. http://opportunityindex.org/
national-scores/
3. Independent evaluation
showed that Year Up
graduates earned 30% more
than non-graduates (“A
Promising Start”, Economic
Mobility Corporation, 2011)
4. College credit
recommendations may
vary by site and college
partnership
5. Student Success Rate defined
as working or in school full
time within 4 months of
graduation from program
6. Starting salary approximately
$18/hour or about $36,000/
year; minimum wage: http://
www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/
q-a.htm
7. Through January 2016
8. 90% of corporate partners
would recommend the
Year Up program to a
colleague or friend
9. Admission statistics reflect
the classes of July 2015 to
July 2016 combined
10. As a method of assessing
student readiness during the
admissions process, Year Up
talks with candidates about
challenges that may pose
a barrier to their success in
the program, and potential
solutions.
11. As of January 2016
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
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CHICAGO ADMISSIONS STATISTICS
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5%
12%
13%
18%
19%
18%
16%
23 years22 years
21 years20 years19 years18 years
24 years
35%
65%
FemaleMale
1%
3%
3%
2%
23%
68%
Other2+ RacesWhite
AsianHispanicBlack
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Year Up Chicago | 223 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 400 | Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 726-5300 | ChicagoInternships@yearup.org | www.yearup.org
CENTRAL
FAR NORTH SIDE
FAR SOUTHEAST SIDE
FAR SOUTHWEST SIDE
NORTH SIDE
NORTHWEST SIDE
SOUTH SIDE
SOUTHWEST SIDE
WEST SIDE
.7%
5.3%
12%
12%
10.4%
2.9%
.85%
19.2%
17.4%
I expect to continuously be a role model
and strong force for my family, and keep
setting the bar for high expectations, like
Year Up did for me.
Terrence Thompson
Year Up Chicago Graduate
Hired as a Global Spend Management Specialist at Aon
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