The Work of Opportunity
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Sep 29, 2025
As the US approaches its 250th anniversary, we are reflecting on America’s founding ideals—and asking whether the promise of opportunity still holds true today.
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Media
Apr 20, 2017
Rising Number of NC Teens Age Out of Foster Care
The Charlotte News & Observer describes how CHSNC is partnering with Wendy’s Wonderful Kids to help older kids find adoptive families.
Media
Apr 13, 2017
America Has to Close the Workforce Skills Gap
Writing in “Bloomberg View,” the president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas cites Year Up’s community college-based program as the kind of public-private partnership that is essential to growing middle-class jobs.
Media
Apr 13, 2017
Getting High-School Grads Into the Closed-Off World of Tech
The Atlantic highlights how Year Up matches young, lower-income workers with employers eager to diversify their ranks.
Media
Apr 10, 2017
Why the U.S. Needs a Thriving Apprenticeship System
Year Up's Jonathan Hasak explains in the Washington Post how work-based education programs can train and "upskill" millions of Americans.
Voices
Mar 28, 2017
Nancy Roob’s TEDx talk
Nancy Roob, CEO, shares her vision for a massive change in how philanthropy funds social programs.
voices
Mar 28, 2017
Nancy Roob’s TEDx talk
Nancy Roob, CEO, shares her vision for a massive change in how philanthropy funds social programs.
Voices
Mar 20, 2017
Funding That Makes a Difference
CEO Nancy Roob describes in a video interview "the critical difference that unrestricted, large amounts of growth capital can make in a nonprofit organization."
voices
Mar 20, 2017
Funding That Makes a Difference
CEO Nancy Roob describes in a video interview "the critical difference that unrestricted, large amounts of growth capital can make in a nonprofit organization."
Media
Mar 18, 2017
Improving Outcomes Of Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
The “outcomes” for the 24,000 youth in the foster care system that enter adulthood each year don’t look good – they are less likely to graduate college, are more likely to be unemployed or underemployed, and have limited financial resources.
Media
Mar 13, 2017
What It Takes to Scale
CEO Nancy Roob describes in a video interview the challenge and importance of "access to unrestricted capital."