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The SoluTion:JOBS FOR MICHIGAN’S GRADUATES Since 2008, Jobs for Michigan’s Graduates (JMG) has equipped nearly 6,000 young adults across Michigan with the skills to overcome barriers and win in education, employment, and as citizens. JMG serves youth who have barriers to success. Highly trained specialists assist youth in earning a high school diploma or GED, securing employment, and/or enrolling into post- secondary education. As the state-based affiliate of Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG), JMG has national credibility drawn from JAG’s history of serving over one million youth in 33 states. In its 36 year history JAG has:

75%AVERAGE AGE

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FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS

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OUR MISSION IS TO EQUIP YOUNG ADULTS WITH THE SKILLS TO OVERCOME BARRIERS AND WIN IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND AS CITIZENS.

The ChAllenGe: DEPLETED YOUTH TALENT PIPELINEIn Michigan, nearly 11,000 kids drop out of high school every year. Without a diploma, students are: • 59% more likely to be unemployed • More than twice as likely to live in poverty • 63 times more likely to be incarcerated Moreover, 74% of the jobs in Michigan require a minimum of a high school education. As Michigan employers struggle to find talent, nearly 10% of our emerging workforce has already taken themselves out of the game annually. This is a recipe for an economic crisis.

AdrianAlpenaBattle CreekBenton HarborCadillacCassopolisDearbornDetroitDowagiacEast JordanEscanabaFlintHartfordHighland ParkHillsdaleHoltonHowellJacksonKalamazoo

KentwoodLansingLivoniaMarquetteMasonMonroeMuskegonOnawayParchmentPellstonPottervilleRiver RougeSouthgateSt. JohnsThree RiversTraverse CityWayneYpsilanti

JMG CURRENTLY OPERATES

55 PROGRAMS ACROSS

35 CITIES

OUR VISION IS THAT EVERY YOUNG ADULT IS EDUCATED, EMPLOYED, AND CAREER

BOUND.

• Nearly doubled the rate of post-secondary enrollment

• Achieved a 90% or higher graduation rate• Doubled the employment rate of JAG participants

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our ServiCeSDROPOUT PREVENTION

Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP) focuses on system-involved youth and young adults ages 16 to 25 who are in foster care, involved in the criminal justice system, or homeless.

DROPOUT RECOVERYNearly 11,000 of Michigan’s young people are dropping out of school every year. In the struggle between school and life’s challenges, too often the challenges are winning. At JMG, we spend all of our time helping young people win. We partner with Michigan Works! organizations, non-profits, and adult education centers to offer a life-changing dropout recovery program.

Our highly trained specialists are more than just classroom teachers. They are also mentors who work to alleviate the life stressors that cause young people to grow up prematurely. This allows JMG students to focus on their primary job – graduating.

JMG students will leave the program knowing how to apply for a job, how to sell themselves on a resume and in an interview, and how to maintain a job they love. They gain these skills through activities such as mock interviews, job shadowing, guest speakers, and talent tours of companies, colleges, and training providers.

Many JMG students say the program has helped them gain confidence and develop leadership skills. Students become members of the student-led career association. They have the opportunity to run for leadership positions, plan projects and special events, and represent their school at statewide or national events.

Our JMG specialists utilize the nationally recognized Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) curriculum to instruct on employability skills competencies. These competencies teach students how to be successful in the workplace and in life.

JMG provides assistance to students in breaking downs barriers such as a lack of basic necessities, no transportation or homelessness.

SYSTEM INVOLVEDOnce diplomas are in hand, we devote at least 12 months to helping graduates secure and maintain employment and/or post-secondary education.

Serving others and winning as citizens is a core value of JMG. Throughout the year, JMG students participate in a variety of community service projects.

ServiCeS All STudenTS reCeive: Student-Led Leadership Development

Adult Mentoring One-on-One Employability Coaching

Barrier Removal12 Months of Follow-Up Services

Community Service Projects

When there are hundreds of reasons why young people do not come to school, we make sure that we are the one reason they do. Last year 99% of JMG participants returned to school the following year - the highest in the JAG National Network.

JMG exposes students to a number of local colleges or training providers and helps them navigate the application process. Specialists also help students apply for scholarships and financial aid.

College Preparation

Work Experiences and Employment

That is because we understand that life comes at young people faster and harder than ever before. Our certified teachers help to slow it down, make it manageable, and ensure students come out winning. That means filling many roles- teacher, guidance counselor, coach, and all-around cheerleader. We dedicate over 120 hours to student contact through classroom activities and instruction. Our specialists teach employability skills that adhere to the national JAG curriculum. Students enrolled in JMG earn an elective credit.

We also partner with the best-in- class GED/high-school equivalency programs to offer quick wins and successful outcomes to our students.

We have partnered with the Annie E. Casey Foundation and 11 other non-profits across the country to offer the LEAP initiative in Benton Harbor, De-troit, and Flint. Students participating in the program will benefit from our dropout recovery services.

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JMG PERFORMANCE GOALS

KEN SMITHJOBS FOR AMERICA’S GRADUATES PRESIDENT

$$7,625,966

GRADUATION RATE

TOTAL SCHOLARSHIPS RECEIVED BY JMG

CLASS OF 2017

POSITIVE OUTCOME IN EMPLOYMENT,

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EMPLOYED IN A FULL-TIME JOB

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EMPLOYMENT AND/OR EDUCATION

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The results that (JMG) has been able to achieve are nothing short of extraordinary:

A consistent 90% graduation rate, with double the rate that the very disadvantaged and at-risk population served finds work. Also, nearly doubling the rate at which this population goes on to higher education. Having a “Return-to-School” rate in excess of 99% - the highest anywhere.

Across our 32 state Affiliates, Jobs for Michigan’s Graduates is one of our most consistently successful and rapidly growing organizations.

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“JMG has given me a start on my path to a successful career. It has helped me grow mentally,

physically and emotionally. It helped me become more self sufficient and helped me become the independent woman that I am today. It also taught me that when things don’t go as planned, there will always be another way.”

MONESHA JOBS FOR MICHIGAN’S GRADUATES ALUM

SUCCESSES• Graduated from Cody Academy of Public Leadership• Graduated from a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program• Works as a full-time nursing assistant earning $10.40/hour• Spoke at ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of a Youth Career Center at SER Metro in Detroit about how JMG helped her to achieve her dreams• Spoke to Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan about her experiences in JMG

BARRIERS• Neither parent graduated from high school• Was economically disadvantaged• Became pregnant at the age of seventeen and gave birth to a daughter during the first month of her senior year of high school

Monesha is a JMG alum whose “can-do” attitude has always stood out. Monesha had faced many challenges in life by the time she enrolled in JMG. However, during her senior year, Monesha developed a close relationship with her JMG specialist, Carolyn Miller. Carolyn provided Monesha with support as she worked hard to graduate from high school, raise her daughter, maintain two part-time jobs, and eventually become a Certified Nursing Assistant.

Monesha met Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan in February 2017.

STATE OF MICHIGAN JOBS FOR MICHIGAN’S GRADUATES

DAVE JANICKIHARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

“JMG has been a wonderful addition to our school. We have students that are thriving in school now that were never interested before in attending school on a daily basis. The JMG program has made a huge difference not

only in their lives, but it also helped the overall attitude and climate of our school. I would recommend this program to any principal that asked.”

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YouTh SoluTionS, inC.JMG in PrioriTY SChoolSJobs for Michigan’s Graduates provides services to nine high schools with “Priority School” designation by the Michigan Department of Education. In each of these schools with a graduating JMG class in 2016, the JMG class achieved a higher graduation rate than the larger school population.*

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FUNDINGJobs for Michigan’s Graduates has an annual budget of approximately $4.2 million. This includes 73% of public sector monies, 11% of local leveraged workforce dollars, and 16% in private sector contributions. Our goal is to create a true public-private partnership that includes a 50-50 split in public-to-private sector funding.

YOUTH SOLUTIONS, INC.Youth Solutions is a premier youth opportunity non-profit organization delivering promising practices to our most vulnerable youth. Through proven education and employment-related solutions, we ensure students complete their high school education, gain employment, and begin down the pathway towards a meaningful career.

SOME OF OUR FUNDERS INCLUDE:• The Annie E. Casey Foundation/ Social Innovation Fund • AT&T • DTE Energy• HARMAN• Jobs for America’s Graduates• Talent Investment Agency• United Way of Southwest Michigan• USA Funds • Walmart Foundation

Youth Solutions is capitalizing on the exponential growth of its leading program - Jobs for Michigan’s Graduates - to bring impactful services to youth populations across Michigan. Youth Solutions builds upon the success of JMG through program expansion, while also launching new models that serve vulnerable youth populations.

SchoolClass of 2016 Graduation Rate

Overall Class JMG Class Difference

Cody Detroit Institute of Technology 53% 95% +42%

Osborn Evergreen Academy of Design & Alternative Energy (Detroit) 61% 100% +39%

Cody Medicine & Community Health Academy (Detroit) 66% 100% +34%

Cody Academy of Public Leadership (Detroit) 67% 100% +33%

Benton Harbor High School 75% 100% +25%

Osborn College Preparatory Academy (Detroit) 81% 100% +19%

Osborn Collegiate Academy of Math, Science & Technology (Detroit) 86% 100% +14%

Flint Southwestern Classical Academy 87% 100% +13%

Flint Northwestern High School 82% 87% +5%

*Data obtained from www.mischooldata.org

Jobs for Michigan’s Graduates is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request for individuals with disabilities. Michigan Relay Center: 1-800-649-3777 Voice and TDD. © JMG 0415

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Youth Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request for individuals with disabilities. Michigan Relay Center: 711 Voice and TDD6/22/2017

330 West Main StreetBenton Harbor, Michigan 49022

269.927.1064 x1149

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