The Hg Foundation Partners with Hopeworks to Help Young Adults Secure Long-Term Employment
$1.2M Commitment from The Hg Foundation Enables Hopeworks’ Expansion into Two New Cities Camden, NJ – May 6, 2025 – The Hg Foundation, a grant-giving charity focused on improving tech education and skills, today announced a new $1.2 million partnership with Hopeworks, a social enterprise that supports young adults into long-term living wage careers. The […]
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A Camden job training program turned a young man’s life around. Now he’s a Hopeworks mentor.
Hopeworks' alternative program in Camden pays young people to undergo technical training and obtain a skill set to help them get a job. James Horn hit rock bottom when he landed in solitary confinement on his 20th birthday after several run-ins with law enforcement. That November 2023 punishment, after he fought with another inmate at […]
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Breaking down employment barriers with AI-powered skills training
“Our collaboration with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA isn’t just about technology; it’s about genuinely empowering people. Together, we aspire to scale our success and extend opportunities to every underserved community we reach.” -Dan Rhoton, CEO, Hopeworks Learn more by clicking here.
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Announcing the Grand Opening of the Burton R. Cohen Technology Center: A Resource for Hopeworks Alumni

February 23, 2021

COVID-19 may have presented many challenges but it also offered opportunity -- opportunity to learn what IS possible. What did we learn? We learned, that the young people who train and work here are resilient and adaptable. Working remotely on virtual platforms they continued to complete training and internships and are getting hired by companies […]

Kayla Wilson crafts an innovative internship to meet the needs of virtual trainees and interns!

January 24, 2021

Hi! My name is Kayla Wilson and I came to Hopeworks on recommendation from another organization, called Valley Youth House. Originally, I came to Hopeworks to build my technical skills to grow my mutual aid collective, Metamorphosis, and to pursue college. Once I started gaining experience through the training room I realized that there was […]

Hopeworks Launches Middle Skills Pathways Training

January 22, 2021

Building equity and ending poverty isn't about just helping youth get a job -- it is about helping them keep it, and getting promoted to make sure they have enough money to build wealth for themselves and the next generation. That is why Hopeworks is building new "Middle Skills Pathways" - rigorous training programs that […]

INFRASTRUCTURE TRAINING ON TRACK!

August 24, 2020

Not even COVID-19 could prevent the youth and staff of Hopeworks, PowerCorps PHL, and Rodriguez Consulting from launching their long-awaited infrastructure training program! Thanks to the support of Springpoint Partners, LLC’s Delta lane, youth from both Camden and Philadelphia have the opportunity to train and earn high-wage careers in the infrastructure industry. This unique partnership […]

STEM Conference Website Conference

May 15, 2019

To kick off Philly Tech Week, the Women of The Dream, a mentoring organization for young girls in Camden, NJ hosted its annual STEM conference at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Along with its various STEM sessions and discussions, Hopeworks Youth Training Specialist, Yanlexis Arizaga, and Hopeworks trainee, Chasity Medina created and presented a web design […]

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The Hg Foundation Partners with Hopeworks to Help Young Adults Secure Long-Term Employment

A Camden job training program turned a young man’s life around. Now he’s a Hopeworks mentor.

Breaking down employment barriers with AI-powered skills training