Tampa Bay has 96,000+ Economically Disadvantage Youth​

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According to The Coalition of At-Risk Youth many disparities can be explained in large measure by persistent gaps in access to financial capital and what’s commonly referred to as human capital (education and experience).  

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• Only 1 in 10 youth from low-income families go on to graduate from a four-year college

• Nearly a third of youth from low-income families (29 percent) fail to earn high school diplomas (That would be roughly 30,000 kids in Tampa Bay on the next 10 years)

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Our goal is to close the opportunity gap for our next generation of leaders from underserved communities through exposure, education, and empowerment, and to create a direct pipeline for quality and skilled young adults for our local labor force.