• Helping young adults build tech careers | The grief garden at Awbury Arboretum

    Technology is a growing field ripe with opportunities, if you know where to look. Hopeworks introduces young adults in Philadelphia and Camden, NJ to tech jobs they might not have known existed, providing training and job experience for people ages 17 to 27, and breaking down barriers to employment like housing insecurity and mental health […]
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  • When global tech association CompTIA spun off its nonprofit arm, the TechGirlz curriculum went dark

    The program’s founder has been trying to regain access to the STEM education materials, with the goal of transferring them to youth nonprofit Hopeworks. When global tech organization CompTIA restructured at the end of last year, it quietly dissolved its social impact arm, CompTIA Spark. The dissolution, which has not been previously reported, came alongside […]
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  • Dismantling the Dept. of Education could steer more people to nontraditional career paths

    If federal student aid is disrupted, bootcamps could go mainstream. If the Department of Education ceases to exist as planned, college financial aid could potentially face disruption for millions of current and incoming college students.  The Trump administration’s ongoing dismantling of the Department of Education, also known as the DOE, could spur a shift away from traditional four-year […]
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Nathaniel Makes 4th Hopeworks Young Professional to Join UPS!

November 1, 2023
We are sending a HUGE congratulations to our very own Nathaniel Ellison for recently landing a full-time position with UPS. Nate is a diligent, engaged, and hard-working young professional. He recently graduated high school and is also looking forward to enrolling in college. On his journey to finding this position, Nate has faced several setbacks […]
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Nafis Joins Vanguard IT Department!

November 1, 2023
Nafis joined Hopeworks only 4 months ago, after hearing about the program’s results with so many young professionals attaining high-paying full-time jobs. A recent high school graduate, Nafis has goals of venturing into the tech or web development field and has gained an interest in the IT field during his time here. He was recently […]
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Dymir Is One Step Closer To Reaching Real Estate Empire Goals!

November 1, 2023
Congratulations to our very own Dymir Akins who has just been hired full-time by Watchtower Property Co. as a Lead Office Administrator! Dymir is one of our previous dual-enrollment students who has recently graduated high school and looking to move into a career in real estate. Earlier this year, he won 1st place in our Business Pitch Competition and […]
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Camden nonprofit uses AI tools like ChatGPT to help young people prepare for jobs

October 19, 2023
On a typical Thursday morning, Hopeworks’ Camden headquarters is buzzing with teens and twentysomethings exploring technology that isn’t just new to them, but relatively novel to anyone. Their training and work often involves applications enhanced by artificial intelligence. AI anxiety — as some have come to call it — is nowhere to be found. Kai […]
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Hopeworks partners with Horizon BCBSNJ to launch youth-focused mental health website

September 25, 2023
Hopeworks has partnered with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to launch a new website — Healthy Outcomes — to help young adults find relevant mental health resources. This project, spurred by a $20,000 grant from Horizon’s philanthropic arm, was inspired by the isolation, anxiety and the many other mental health concerns and needs among youth brought about […]
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