STRIVE International

STRIVE is a national leader in helping people with the biggest barriers to employment access the training and support they need to find meaningful careers and achieve upward mobility. STRIVE celebrates over 85,000 national graduates since inception in 1984. Over nearly four decades, our work has evolved through a better understanding of the systemic inequities that impact communities we serve. Today, STRIVEs model has proven to be a highly flexible approach that works in many cultures and contexts. We offer it across sites in 13 locations, through a combination of licensed affiliate partners and three operated sites, including the launch of STRIVE Atlanta in 2020 and STRIVE Birmingham in 2022.

STRIVE IS THE NATIONS LEADING SOLUTION FOR PEOPLE WHO FACE THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES TOEMPLOYMENT. OUR PROVEN MODEL PROPELS STUDENTS INTO CAREERS THAT LEAD TO UPWARDMOBILITY. WHAT MAKES STRIVE UNIQUE IS THE NETWORK OF PROVIDERS. THE UNPARALLELEDNETWORK IS A COMBINATION OF OPERATED SITES (NEW YORK CITY AND ATLANTA and Birmingham, AL) AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS (OUR AFFILIATE NETWORK) IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TOTALING 13 US CITIES. STRIVES HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING AND JOB DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS IN AREAS OF CONCENTRATED POVERTY ANDUNEMPLOYMENT. EACH AFFILIATE IS AN INDEPENDENT 501C3 ORGANIZATION THAT LICENSES WITH STRIVE TO UTILIZE THE STRIVE PROGRAM AND PARTICIPATE IN CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES. STRIVE SUPPORTS THE NATIONAL NETWORK VIA 1) A CAPABLE TEAM OF DEDICATED STAFF THAT SUPPORT THE NATIONAL NETWORK, 2) CAPACITY-BUILDING FORUMS FOR STRIVE AFFILIATES TO STRENGTHEN PROGRAM QUALITY AND DEVELOP LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE NETWORK, SUCH AS THE ANNUAL STRIVE INSTITUTE, 3) A NATIONAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, 4) PROGRAM MANUALS PREDICATED ON EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES, AND 5) ACTIVELY SOLICITING AND SECURING NATIONAL GRANTS FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDERS.