The Denver Opportunity Youth Initiative, supported by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, is aimed at providing education, career opportunities and support systems to opportunity youth by partnering with nonprofit, government and business organizations to create a pipeline to meaningful work experiences and careers.

Ultimately DOYI and partners are driven by the mission to build a sustainable system of effective pathways to work and education for opportunity youth.

The next chapter of the Denver OY Initiative’s work aims to elevate Youth Voice and reduce the local OY population by leveraging data, piloting highly-targeted programs and continually improving the functionality of the Initiative. The original pilots were funded to fill gaps around career coaching in the Denver community.

To the original list of pilots, the following have been added: Post-secondary Re-engagement with Metro State University of Denver, and Health Care Pre-Apprenticeship with area workforce centers.

DOYI is also currently expanding pilots into the following areas: justice-involved youth, Onramp into IT, non-traditional career pathways coaching for graduating seniors that are not going on to post-secondary.

Other Denver OY Collaborative Reports:

• Population Data Report, 2018
• Opportunity Youth: A Touchstone for Our State’s Future September 2017
• Career Navigator Toolkit

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