The Hope Program

Some of the life-changing opportunities your donation can make possible: 

  • $100 purchases textbooks for four GED students 
  • $300 provides 12 weeks of a student's transportation to HOPE
  • $500 prepares a student to become computer literate 
  • $1,250 provides career advancement services to a HOPE graduate
  • $2,500 prepares a student to become work ready
  • $5,000 provides training, internship, and job placement services for one student
  • $10,000 prepares an entire class to become computer literate 

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Results

  • 72% job placement
  • 92% 90-day job retention
  • 75% one-year job retention
  • 250 impoverished men and women in work readiness training each year
  • Over 200 hours of work readiness, computer, literacy and math instruction
  • Over 80 hours spent in internships building critical job skills
  • 400 graduates returning to HOPE to advance their skills and move up the career ladder

Awards

  • New York Employment and Training Coalition's Bonnie Potter Award for Outstanding Direct Services Staff 2012
  • Selected to participate in the prestigious Greater NY program through the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City 2012
  • **** Charity Navigator Rating 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
  • Selected as one of 25 groups nationwide for Aspen Institute's competitive Sector Skills Academy
  • Robin Hood Foundation’s Hero Award

The HOPE Program
One Smith Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201-5111

T: 718.852.9307
F: 718.852.9681