5 millionYoung adults looking for

Higher education and stable career pathways

12 millionMiddle skills, high wage jobs

available over the next decade

OUR MISSION

“Closing the Opportunity Divide”

Program Structure

Phase One:Learning &

Development(5 months)

Phase Two:Internship(6 months)

• Earn a biweekly cash stipend

• College Credits

• Cohort model

• Staff Coaches & mentorship

• Student Services team

• Contract

YEAR UP| Program Structure

“High Support/High Expectations” model

PHASE TWO | Internship Partners

100% of qualified students earned an internship

$28.57/hr or $57,140/year

average starting wage

72.4%employed or enrolled

full/part time in college

62.0% of Class 21 were offered

jobs at their internship site

POSITIVE OUTCOMES (for Class 21 at DVC)