He dreams of a rewarding career path. We connect to opportunities that make it possible.
CareerReady ATL is a youth-centered workforce development ecosystem powered by United Way of Greater Atlanta. CareerReady ATL creates, funds, and supports apprenticeship programs in high-demand industries that can provide a viable career pathway leading toward professional growth and economic mobility.
United Way of Greater
Atlanta believes in Youth
Apprenticeship as a
powerful equity
strategy because it:
- Increases access to in-demand, high-wage careers.
- Provides real work experience that builds professional and technical skills.
- Enables youth access to industry-recognized credentials or degrees without taking on debt.
- Allows youth to “earn while they learn” so that they can provide for themselves and their families.
- Provides access to social capital by connecting youth to an employer, adult mentors, and colleagues in their field of interest.
We prioritize access to apprenticeships for youth who are:
- Low-income
- In foster care or formerly in foster care
- Incarcerated or formerly incarcerated
- LGBTQ+
- First-generation Americans
- Young parents
Powering Growth and Sustainability
Career Ready ATL partners are building the systems needed to scale youth apprenticeship opportunities.
Funding Partners
Program Partners
ARCHI (Atlanta Regional Collaborative on Health Improvement) • Atlanta Technical College • CareerRise • CobbWorks • Elevance Health • Fresh Films • Georgia Building Trades Academy • Georgia Division of Family & Children Services • Georgia Piedmont Technical College • The nsoro Foundation • Partnership for Southern Equity • Project Real Life YOTC • re:imagine
A Pathway To Your Future
Michele Jacobs
Associate Vice President, College and Career Ready
How You Can Help
Your company can sponsor a youth apprenticeship program, or you can help get an interested youth involved.