This organization was founded in 2008 by two veterans from Chicago, my former students, who are working very hard to help Chicago area veterans suffering financial hardship with job training, placement and educational loans while simultaneously addressing community needs such as school safety and mentoring of youth. Veterans benefiting from the scholarship program are required to give 100 hours of community service in exchange. The organizations leaders are working very hard to use more than 80% of donations to directly assist veterans. Check out Leavenoveternbehind.org to learn more
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- EIN 35-2302320
- (312) 379-8652
- 10 West 35th Street Chicago IL 60616-3717 USA
- www.leavenoveteranbehind.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Charity & Voluntarism Promotion
Mission: Leave no veteran behind provides educational and employment services to veterans who face economic hardship. Through our innovative educational debt relief, community service, employment training and job placement programs, leave no veteran behind invests in heroes who have honorably served our nation and seek to continue their service as productive citizens in their communities.
Programs: Services provided to the communitythrough a partnership with chicago public schools, leave no veteran behind provides safe passage services to students attending schools in communities at risk to violence. Through a partnership with the department of family and support services, leave no veteran behind offers to expand the program's scope and offer year-round steam (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) based career paid apprenticeships for youth and paid teaching positions for veterans who already possess military taught technical skills trhough a transitional employment program, chicago steam corps. This program produces entrepreneurial, skilled laborers who understand the entire engineering process, from the research and development phase, to application of the design process (e. G. Creating and testing a prototype), and can then go on to apply the scientific method in high end manufacturing jobs.