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America Needs You

The mission of America Needs You is to fight for economic mobility for ambitious, first-generation college students. We do this by providing transformative mentorship and intensive career development.

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  • CREATE ·2024 Grants Challenge

    America Needs You – FirstGenU

    FirstGenU, a high-production, self-paced career development program designed to help 10,000 first-generation students prepare for and navigate their careers by 2026 by completing modules focused on three key phases of career development: Job Search Skills, Leadership Skills, and Career Management Skills. Facilitated via cohort models across 5-week periods, the program is enhanced with digital networking events with successful professionals and access to a robust internship database.

  • CREATE ·2023 Grants Challenge

    Supporting first-generation college student career success

    For over a decade, America Needs You (ANY) has provided transformative mentorship and intensive career development programming to thousands of low-income first-generation college students across the US, improving economic outcomes for the students, their families, and their communities. If awarded, funds will be used to grow our local impact in Los Angeles to recruit and enroll 100 more first-generation college students and provide them with mentoring, innovative career readiness training, professional networking, and student-centered services

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