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ATLANTA SUMMARY Deep community engagement
Address urgent needs like housing, food insecurity, and mental health by expanding community partnerships. Pursue policy influence and employer engagement to deepen career pipelines and internship pathways. Ensure local flexibility in curriculum and service delivery while preserving program integrity. Strengthen alumni tracking and follow-up to support long-term outcomes beyond job placement.
Position STRIVE as a trusted, physical and cultural anchor in every underserved community it serves. overlooked rural areas while keeping participant transformation at the center. Develop long-term relationships with alumni, treating them as contributors and ambassadors. Support personal transformation and identity growth alongside employment training. Expand regionally into
Track employment retention and advancement beyond 90 days to assess long-term success. Use alumni engagement and referrals as key signals of trust and impact. Balance quantitative job placement data with qualitative stories of personal transformation. Build a long-term vision of generational change, not just individual job placement.
and culturally grounded programming that meets participants where they are.
Integrated wraparound
services—including mental health, financial coaching, and alumni support—that drive life- long impact. A mission-driven staff culture described as supportive, caring, and committed to participant success. Career coaching and job placement strategies that prioritize quality roles and long- term success.
Cathy
Bethune
Partner
Atlanta
STRIVE Atlanta is doing a phenomenal job of advancing economic equity by providing professional training for individuals to gain financial independence as a way of building future leaders, healthier communities, and connecting people to life-changing career opportunities. I am very passionate about empowering communities that is disproportionately impacted by breaking the cycle of poverty thru education, skill development, along
There is a continuous need for collaboration among all partners, stakeholders, and organizations across every sector in community to support the work and acceleration of STRIVE’s mission of workforce development addressing economic development, funding, resources, and additional initiatives.
I love that STRIVE is addressing essential needs, such as having a clothes closet for the population served. This is a primary concern for individuals seeks employment with limited to no resources not having appropriate attire for interviews or daily workdays among other barriers. Participants have daily challenges of surviving and supporting themselves and their families. Therefore, STRIVE can continue to direct and connect individuals to community non-profit
STRIVE’s growth and impact plan is certainly a way of tracking and keeping the community informed of successes, accomplishments, benchmarks, and results. Every milestone (graduation rate, placement rate, and retention rate) is a significant marker indicator to STRIVE’s tangible outcomes.
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