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Project You believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to become self-sufficient and financially stable. We provide vocational training, job placement and resource assistance to homeless and low-income women and men, many of whom are immigrants, in New York City. Through our highly successful programs, we empower some of the city’s most vulnerable people to get out of poverty, and begin building a path toward a sustainable future for themselves and their families.

Arts on the Block, a nonprofit arts organization with a nearly 20-year history in the region, is the only hands-on studio art apprenticeship program in the region offering youth and young adults the opportunity to learn about art, design, and business by engaging in real-world public art commissions. We recruit, train, place, and support youth and young adults with art and design aptitudes who might not ordinarily be introduced to entry-level jobs and career paths in the creative industries. AOB apprentices join one of our existing studio crews led by master teaching artists and supported by a team of management professionals. AOB crew members work their way up through summer intensives and year-round projects to produce large-scale mosaic public art. Along the way, they receive customized professional skills training, connect with our creative network, and pursue individualized plans for success in creative careers.

Our mission is to educate, advocate and develop housing for individuals who suffer from the combined effects of chronic homelessness and serious mental illness.

The mission of Borromeo Housing, Inc. (BHI) is to empower young single mothers to create a self-sustaining future through education, counseling and support, while they reside in our safe home. BHI closely monitors the infants of our young mothers to ensure the children are parented responsibly, receive appropriate medical care, and meet individual developmental benchmarks. In this way, BHI is determined to present two generations of at-risk youth with alternatives to the perils of neglect, poor education, and inter-generational poverty.

Youth Guidance sees a bright and successful future for every elementary and high school student.  Because we believe that success in school is not only possible but should be achieved and celebrated, we are present in the schools to facilitate an environment that truly engages students in the learning process, and through careful guidance, enables them to realize their full potential and graduate with a meaningful plan for successfully managing life. Youth Guidance creates and implements school-based programs that enable children to overcome obstacles, focus on their education and, ultimately, to succeed in school and in life.

The Arc of the Midlands promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.

To encourage and support girls’ and women’s education, training, employment and retention in high-wage, high-skill, non-traditional careers.

To empower disabled, economically disadvantaged and at risk youth to complete high school and become self-sufficient, contributing members of society by teaching essential life skills, work ethics, and vocational skills.

Founded in 1992, Suited for Change empowers women by increasing their employment and job retention potential. We are the area's leading nonprofit for women in need of professional attire, mentoring, and job-readiness education. Through these services, we help women achieve financial independence. All Suited for Change services are available at no cost and by referral to local women in need.

To provide structured transitional housing & employment assistance to adult males (and females later in 2016) released from substance abuse treatment & penal institutions.

To help people with developmental disabilities meet life's challenges and reach their highest potential.

To transform lives through training and development of clients with barriers to employment. Providing educational opportunities, and training necessary to break the cycles of poverty, emotional instability and unavailable resources.