Today, young adults and students – some as early as middle school – have the opportunity to enroll and participate in an array of coding programs designed to offer an accelerated pathway to a career in tech. Amid these myriad options, one standout organization based in Camden, New Jersey, is uniquely positioned to train and hire students where they are: in their own community.
Hopeworks is a blended nonprofit organization and tech business that specializes in digital mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and web development. The organization works with hundreds of high school students in both Camden and neighboring Philadelphia through their robust skills development program.
So what is Hopeworks’ secret?
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New Partnership Aligns Organizations' Missions of Uplifting Communities Through Access to Key Pathways for Success Camden, NJ – October 15, 2024 – Hopeworks, a nonprofit social enterprise dedicated to empowering young adults to establish living wage careers, is thrilled to announce a new partnership with The Foxwynd Foundation. The Foxwynd Foundation, through its Donor Advised […]
CAMDEN – Hopeworks, the Camden-based nonprofit that offers a variety of training programs that prepare young people to earn a livable wage in the workforce, has received a $660,000 grant to support students with scholarships as they learn to be EMTs and medical assistants. The Haines Family Foundation of Egg Harbor City, Atlantic County, awarded the […]
For a quarter century, the organization — which has offices in Camden and Kensington — has helped students realize big aspirations. Today, it offers computer training with trauma-informed care. How can someone even dare to hope? Where is hope when home is friends’ couches, a different one every week, when depression hangs like a heavy […]
