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- EIN 13-3255679
- (212) 360-1100
- 205 E 122nd St Fl 3 New York NY 10035-2126 USA
- www.striveinternational.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Civil Rights, Employment Preparation & Procurement, Human Services, Intergroup & Race Relations, Job Training, Race
Mission: Strive's mission is to help people acquire the life-changing skills and attitudes needed to overcome challenging circumstances, find sustained employment, and become valuable contributors to their families, their employers, and their communities. Founded in east harlem in 1984, strive has been a fixture of new york city for thirty years. Strive targets men and women who have face significant barriers to becoming employed. Strive serves youth who are out of school and unemployed, the formerly incarcerated, public assistance recipients, non-custodial parents, the homeless, and recovering substance abusers. Strive's clients come from low-income neighborhoods from all boroughs of new york city. Today, the program includes vocational skills training and wrap-around supports. Strive model is highly replicable across locations and cultures and is administered by a network of community-based organizations, known as strive affiliates, in 16 communities nationwide and in two countries.
Programs: Strive's program begins with its signature four-week job readiness workshop, called core. Core prepares participants for the workplace by enforcing professional behavior and personal responsibility, teaching workplace behaviors and norms, and educating participants on the job search process. Following core, participants join vocational skills classes that lead to accredited certifications in the fields of construction, building maintenance, and health & office operations. Strive runs nine training cohorts per year which start approximately every 5 weeks. Throughout each program, participants receive intensive case management and job placement services. Case management helps clients overcome impediments to employment through referrals to necessary services, such as child care, health care, and housing services. Job placement experts ensure that every strive graduate is presented with job opportunities. Strive's job placement rate is 70% - 75%. Strive is unique in conducting official follow-ups for two years and offering lifetime access to services for graduates, including additional training, job re-placement assistance, and career advancement services. Strive also runs a parenting program for non-custodial fathers. This program includes workshops on positive parenting, healthy relationships, and economic stability. It supports fathers in reconnecting with their children and obtaining employment. Strive runs a program at rikers island jail, providing pre-release construction certification classes and post-release job placement and support. Finally, strive hosts the east harlem talent network (ehtn), which is a pioneering place-based initiative that brings together a broad group of community employers and nonprofit providers to create a unified talent pipeline for local employers and jobseekers in upper manhattan. Strive enrolls approximately 1,200 people per year in its various programs.
strive is an unparalleled network of community-based organizations operating in 19 u. S. Cities, as well as in israel and the u. K. Strive's highly effective programs provide comprehensive training and job development services for individuals in areas of concentrated poverty and unemployment. Strive programs are administered by a network of community-based organizations, which comprise the strive affiliate network. 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.