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StreetWise Partners
Headquarters: New York, NY | Founded: 1997 | www.streetwisepartners.org
StreetWise Partners operates at the intersection of corporate social responsibility, poverty alleviation, and economic development. Founded in 1997 by young professionals on Wall Street, StreetWise Partners builds mentoring relationships between low-income individuals and volunteer business professionals to develop workplace skills and employment networks as the bridge to a successful career. The organization's intensive career ventures programs and services provide low-income adults with high-impact employability mentoring, access to critical job search networks, and advanced employment opportunities.
Results
- In 2007, 90 percent of StreetWise Partners graduates attained new employment, improved the terms of their job, or enrolled in career advancing educational degree programs.
- Ninety-eight percent of graduates report that StreetWise Partners helped them learn the skills necessary to get a good job and increased their overall confidence.
Stories
Social Entrepreneur
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Allison Devore |
