Hopeworks

Hopeworks is an employment social enterprise that uses technology, healing, and entrepreneurship to propel opportunity youth to build strong futures and break the cycle of violence and poverty. Youth working at Hopeworks learn to code, design, and develop websites, and they grow those skills by working with enterprising businesses in the community. On average, youth (aged 17-26) entering Hopeworks make $415 annually. Youth completing the Hopeworks program make, on average, over $40,000 annually, with an almost 90% 12-month retention rate in their jobs.