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Causes: Employment Preparation & Procurement, Job Training
Mission: Jobs for delaware graduates, inc (jdg) is a private non-profit corporation whose mission is to enable students to achieve academic, career, personal, and social success.
Programs: To teach high school students the necessary employability soft skills and life skills to successfully pursue their career path through entry-level employment and/or college or advanced training. Approximately 2,281 high school students were served in the classroom and through follow-up during the year ended 6/30/17. 64% of the 413 june 2017 graduates had entered employment, the military and/or college/advanced training by september 30, 2017. The middle school program focuses on preparing students to more easily transition to high school. 1,354 students in grades 7, 8 and 9 were served by 6/30/17. An additional 43 were served in the 6th grade. The classroom centered on leadership and self-development, study skills and academics through experiential learning. Over 768 of the youth participated in community volunteer activities and service learning projects.