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College Prep and Career Readiness for Youth

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Original Idea Voted on by New Yorkers: A program that connects teens who are facing educational barriers by providing paid internships, including job shadowing, and free college visits.
Implementing Organization: Kingsbridge Heights Community Center, Inc.
Funding Amount: $174,000

The responses below are directly from the community organizations selected to implement The People’s Money projects.

How does your organization plan to bring this idea to life?

KHCC will offer a full slate of college and career readiness and internship experiences at seven locations in Bronx Community Districts 7 and 8, including KHCC’s Community Center (center-based) and six school-based sites. The program will operate 200 days annually during the school year and summer, with hours between 3:00pm-9:00pm Monday-Friday.

What motivated your organization to apply to implement this idea?

KHCC has run college access programs since the early 90's, reaching hundreds of Bronx youth annually. Last year, we reached 541 youth, 117 of whom participated in paid internships. We provided 642 college readiness workshops; 1,421 individual career advisement sessions; and 23 day and overnight college field trips.

How do you think this project will make a difference in your community?

College access in particular is a critical need in the Bronx. Only 23% of adults in the borough have a bachelor's degree (the lowest of any borough and half the national average of 42%) and only 78% of high schoolers graduate on time. In previous years, the borough scores even lower on the college readiness index (47%) than the NYC average (60%).

List at least one thing you're excited about related to this project!

I am thrilled to have the funding and resources to add additional college and career advisors to our Student Success Centers on the Walton and JFK Educational Campuses.

How can someone participate or stay up to date on the project?

By contacting Sadie Mahoney or Derwin Greene at our emails: smahoney@khcc-nyc.org, dgreene@khcc-nyc.org.

Website: www.khcc-nyc.org
Instagram: @khcc
Facebook: @nycKHCC
LinkedIn: @khccnyc
Twitter/X: @khcc_nyc

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Learn more about this project in the video below!

The responses below are directly from the community organizations selected to implement The People’s Money projects.

How does your organization plan to bring this idea to life?

How do you think this project will make a difference in your community?

List at least one thing you're excited about related to this project!

How can someone participate or stay up to date on the project?

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College Prep and Career Readiness for Youth

Learn more about this project in the video below!

The responses below are directly from the community organizations selected to implement The People’s Money projects.

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How do you think this project will make a difference in your community?

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How can someone participate or stay up to date on the project?

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