Programs Look to Provide Career Pathways for Underserved
Staff writer for Economy Matters
When Shaw Industries joined a program to employ vulnerable high school students, it tapped into a new source of workers.
The Georgia flooring manufacturer became a participant in the Great Promise Partnership, a nonprofit program that places students identified as at risk of not graduating in jobs to get work experience while attending high school. The program is open to students from low-income families who are at least 16, and they divide their day between attending classes and working on the job. Students in the program keep their jobs—for which they are paid—only if they go to class and stay in school.
