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July 2, 2021
$250,000 Awarded in Grants to Support Healing-Centered Youth Organizing in Five Opportunity Youth Forum Communities
Aspen FCS with Support from the Open Society Foundations, Awards $250,000 in Grants to Support Healing-Centered Youth Organizing.
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June 3, 2021
$1.6 Million Awarded to Support Scaling Evidence-based Pathways for Opportunity Youth
Aspen FCS awarded $1.6M to community collaboratives that seek to reduce the number of opportunity youth through scaling quality pathways.
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September 24, 2020
The Pathways to Careers Fund: 3 Briefs
This report shares lessons from CBO-employer partnerships for opportunity youth in five cities.
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Opp Works eval report
September 21, 2019
New Insights into the Back on Track Model’s Effects on Opportunity Youth Outcomes
Evaluation of Opportunity Works program of JFF and AIFCS.
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February 12, 2019
7 Cities Find Success for Opportunity Youth
JFF puts out successes and findings from the Opportunity Works inititiative
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February 11, 2019
Opportunity Works: Four Ways to Help Young Adults Find Pathways to Success
JFF report on the the success and learnings of the Opportunity Works initiative.
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February 27, 2018
Including All Voices: Achieving Opportunity Youth Collaboration Success Through Youth and Adult Engagement
Including All Voices highlights promising strategies in youth engagement and youth-led change.
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September 6, 2017
First Round of Pathways to Careers Fund Projects Announced!
Eight Pathways to Careers Fund projects in Chicago, New Orleans, and Seattle/King County.
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April 24, 2017
New Orleans: Welcome to the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative™!
New Orleans joins 100K Opportunities Inititiative employment program for opportunity youth.
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January 6, 2017
The Aspen Forum releases the New Orleans Pathways to Careers Fund Request for Proposals
Applicants for Pathways to Careers Fund grants in New Orleans.