Ringing In The New Year
Per Scholas and its Veteran's Program staff and students help the New York Stock Exchange count down the waning days to 2012.
“I Am Someone” Campaign
Per Scholas has launched its first online fundraising campaign. Watch our video, join, contribute and tell the world!
Robin Hood Foundation Honors Per Scholas With Heroes Award
Anti-poverty leader says Per Scholas and its alumni are "indisputable proof" of American Dream — and recognizes one graduate for achieving his own.
Corporate IT volunteers power the classroom
Corporate volunteers play a key role helping Per Scholas students develop into IT professionals. Find out how to involve your own company's people in our work.
Per Scholas graduates second all-women class
The pilot program is funded by the Liz Claiborne Foundation, and will serve 60 New York City women this year.
Per Scholas breaks the cycle of poverty by offering technology career training,
education, and low-cost computers to individuals and families in low-income communities.
National Expansion Plan
Per Scholas is growing.
Over the next three years, Per Scholas will open new technology training centers in three additional U.S. cities — starting with Columbus, Ohio, in 2012.
Each new center will be sustained by its own local corporate, foundation, employment and service partners, and each will tailor the Per Scholas training model to meet local needs.
For more information, please download our national expansion plan, by clicking the image or link below (PDF, 5.8MB).
Advancing Our Nation’s Workforce: Per Scholas Replication Plan
About Per Scholas
Per Scholas is a national nonprofit organization that breaks the cycle of poverty by providing technology education, access, training and job placement services for people in low-income communities.
Founded in 1995 as a neighborhood-based effort to increase access to personal computers, Per Scholas was an early pioneer in bridging the digital divide for families and children in the South Bronx — the nation’s poorest Congressional District.
Now, in addition to continuing this formative work, we operate the state-licensed Per Scholas Institute for Technology, the largest and oldest professional IT workforce development program in New York City. We’ve also embarked on an ambitious national expansion, with a new location in Columbus, OH, slated to open during 2012.
We are grateful for the support we receive from many partners, including some of the nation’s leading foundations and corporations. We work closely with elected and appointed government officials and public agencies, as well as a large network of other community service providers. More than 250 volunteers contribute to our work each year.
We are excited about our future and the opportunities we are creating for thousands of economically dispossessed and dislocated workers, their families and communities. We hope you will join with us.
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Contact Us
Give us a call at (718) 991-8400 or email us at info@perscholas.org.
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