A year round program that empowers between 25 - 30 BIPOC youth and young adults, by equipping young entrepreneurs with the tools and knowledge they need to succeed in business, while also preparing them for the challenges they will face as minority business owners. Focuses on business development for entrepreneurs of African Heritage. Program goal is to create an entrepreneurial ecosystem that will support diverse business owners who incorporate their cultural heritage into their businesses.

Offers a year-round employment program that connects youth to employment, technology, and entrepreneurship. The program prepares young people for success in a competitive workforce by developing the work readiness skills and growth mindset employers need and expect. Opportunities include: - Express Bike Shop Apprenticeships: Youth take donated bikes and return them to productive service in a retail environment. Apprentices might accept donations, manage inventory, wait on customers, repair and maintain bikes, prepare damaged bikes for recycling, and complete a signature project as a team. - Food Shelf Apprenticeships: Located at Keystone's Rice Street food shelf, apprentices stock shelves, help with inventory control, and assist food shelf customers. Additionally, youth with language skills may serve as translators. Youth learn customer service skills and make a difference in their community. - Teen Tutor Apprenticeships: Apprentices provide literacy tutoring to younger students using the evidence-based Sonday System. Each tutor works with a small group of elementary students four days a week at the McDonough Community Center, providing structured sequential literacy lessons. - Teen Tech Apprenticeships: places members of Keystone's Teen Tech Center as paid summer tech apprentices at local companies. Apprentices will get work readiness training like other apprenticeships plus technical training to fit their roles.

Offers a year-round employment program that connects youth to employment, technology, and entrepreneurship. The program prepares young people for success in a competitive workforce by developing the work readiness skills and growth mindset employers need and expect. Opportunities include: - Express Bike Shop Apprenticeships: Youth take donated bikes and return them to productive service in a retail environment. Apprentices might accept donations, manage inventory, wait on customers, repair and maintain bikes, prepare damaged bikes for recycling, and complete a signature project as a team. - Food Shelf Apprenticeships: Located at Keystone's Rice Street food shelf, apprentices stock shelves, help with inventory control, and assist food shelf customers. Additionally, youth with language skills may serve as translators. Youth learn customer service skills and make a difference in their community. - Teen Tutor Apprenticeships: Apprentices provide literacy tutoring to younger students using the evidence-based Sonday System. Each tutor works with a small group of elementary students four days a week at the McDonough Community Center, providing structured sequential literacy lessons. - Teen Tech Apprenticeships: places members of Keystone's Teen Tech Center as paid summer tech apprentices at local companies. Apprentices will get work readiness training like other apprenticeships plus technical training to fit their roles.

Exploring is a worksite-based program and part of Learning for Life's career education program for young men and women ages 14 - 20. Provides experiences that help young people mature and prepare them to become responsible and caring adults. Programs are based on five areas of emphasis: Career opportunities, life skills, citizenship, character education, and leadership experience. Exploring post by matching their people and program resources to the interests of young people in the community. The result is a program of activities that helps youth pursue their special interests, grow, and develop. The Learning for Life character education program serves youth in grades Kindergarten - 12 for use in school classrooms. Programs are offered at businesses, schools, and organizations which charter Exploring and Learning for Life groups.

Junior Achievement uses hands-on curriculum inside the classroom via volunteers from business to help young people in grades K - 12 receive business, economics, and free enterprise education. JA works with businesses, the community, and educators to bring the real world to students. Each program provides interaction between the student and the volunteer to give the student skills for the future. Programs include: - Classroom Program: Volunteers from the business community visit local classrooms to deliver economic enterprise education. Programs are age-appropriate. Younger students learn about the economic world and their roles in it. Older students explore topics such as entrepreneurship, personal finance, international business, on-the-job training, and business operations. - Job Shadow: A structured program that takes groups of middle and high school students to actual work sites where they "shadow" professionals from a variety of industries. - JA BizTown: This program for 5th - 8th graders includes a classroom curriculum followed by a visit to JA BizTown learning lab. Students spend the day putting into practice the classroom instruction by such activities as interviewing for jobs, using their own checking account, and running a business. The Town includes a variety of businesses such as newspaper, City Hall, factory, bank, and Post Office. Follow-up activities are completed in the classroom.

Provides support for homeless and street youth seeking help in: - Preparing for employment (resume building) - Increasing their earned income - Participating in long-term career planning The program offers: - Individualized job placement and support - On-site paid work readiness (Legitimate Hustle Program) teaching entrepreneurship and business skills