Y.O.U. Stories
Y.O.U. Talks Workforce Programs on TV20
Eric Dillenbeck and Armani Richardson speak about all the workforce programs Y.O.U. provides to community.
What to do about rising poverty? Get disengaged youth back to school and/or work
Recently, the editorial board called attention to the horrible childhood poverty rate in Cleveland (“What to do about poverty that ensnares Cleveland-area kids,” Oct. 5). At Youth Opportunities Unlimited, we are part of a larger effort to break the generational cycle of poverty.
Y.O.U. Youth Help Turn Vacant Lot into a Storybook
Fifteen-year-old Diamond Bottoson, a Y.O.U. summer employee, helped create a pop-up storybook on a vacant lot in Slavic Village.
Y.O.U. Summer Jobs Program Helps Teens Thrive
Like a lot of teenagers, Cameo Moore would probably be working a job in fast food if it weren’t for the Summer Youth Employment Program, run by Cleveland nonprofit Youth Opportunities Unlimited. Instead, the 16-year-old high school rising senior is spending her summer dancing.
JOBS Act an Investment in Workforce Development
Y.O.U. President and CEO Craig Dorn supports the Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act, cosponsored by U.S. Senators Rob Portman and Tim Kaine. Read his Op Ed in Crain’s Cleveland Business.
Y.O.U. JOG Student Turns Passion into a Career
When 18-year-old Christopher Bonner, a John F. Kennedy High School senior with a passion for cars, enrolled in his school’s Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates (JOG) program, an elective Y.O.U. offers to area high schools, he didn’t expect much to come of it…until he found a career.