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NEW ORLEANS SUMMARY
Holistic services that combine career coaching, trauma support, and job placement. Staff’s ability to meet participants where they are— personally, professionally, and emotionally.
Broaden partnerships to include mental health providers, alumni mentors, and employer coalitions. Ensure funding is sustainable and flexible to meet the real- time needs of participants. Improve alumni follow-up and storytelling to strengthen post- program success and advocacy. Address systemic injustices
Expand throughout the metro region, especially in underserved areas like New Orleans East. Develop scalable models rooted in personal transformation and long-term stability. Create systems for ongoing alumni services, including emotional and economic support. Be a national example of how to integrate equity, empowerment, and economic mobility.
Measure success through retention, promotion, and
long-term career mobility—not just placement.
Use alumni returning as
mentors or partners as key indicators of mission alignment. Track qualitative measures like confidence, housing, and well- being as core outcomes. Ensure staff capacity and admin systems are strong enough to support growth and transformation.
Strong community
partnerships and START training that supports identity transformation. Success stories that reflect a deep investment in personal growth and second chances.
like mass incarceration by becoming a policy voice for reentry support.
Angela
Shiloh Cryer
Executive DIrector
New Orleans
STRIVE offers a full spectrum of workforce services, including career readiness training, job placement, case management and post- employment are career services for a lifetime. Strong Employer and Community Partnerships – the employer
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