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Causes: Education, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Literacy
Mission: Zip code wilmington is a nonprofit coding school with the mission of helping wilmington, delaware compete globally for good-paying jobs in technology. The zip code wilmington program is comprised of a software development training school and a job placement program. Students spend 12 weeks learning the foundation needed to succeed in software development, and selected graduates move directly into full-time jobs and paid 26-week apprenticeships at area corporations upon graduation. As of december 2017, zip code graduated 166 students, with 90% of them placed in paid roles within 3 months of graduating, with annual earnings averaging over $65,000 per year.
Programs: In 2017, zip code graduated 74 students from its software development boot camp. Of those, 70 were placed in paid technology roles, with average annual earnings over $69,000.
zip code provided training to jpmorgan employees in its tech connect program, a program aimed at increasing diversity in technology. Zip code provided training to over 50 individuals who are underrepresented in technology.
zip code received $245,000 as part of a service agreement to train 16 students in software development and to provide job placement assistant.