Great Promise Partnership Inc

GREAT PROMISE PARTNERSHIP IS AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO RAISE THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS WHILE PREPARING THEM FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE WORLD OF WORK. OUR PURPOSE 1) TO DECREASE THE HIGH SCHOOL DROP-OUT RATE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA 2) TO PROVIDE STUDENTS AT-RISK OF DROPPING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND ENTER COLLEGE, A CAREER, OR THE MILITARY 3) TO CULTIVATE A MORE SKILLED AND ROBUST WORKFORCE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA

GREAT PROMISE PARTNERSHIP, INC. IS WORKING WITH 34 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF GEORGIA IN VARIOUS STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION. 1000S OF STUDENTS READY TO WORK THROUGH GPP PROGRAMING AND STATEWIDE PARTNERS SUCH AS COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 2015 - 2020 RESULTS 89 PER CENT OF SENIORS GRADUATED 79 PER CENT PURSUING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION 7 PERCENT ENTERING THE MILITARY 11 PER CENT ENTERING THE WORKFORCE 0 DROPOUT RATE ALL UNDERCLASSMEN REMAIN IN SCHOOL, MOVING CLOSER TO GRADUATION.

GREAT PROMISE PARTNERSHIP HAS MANY HIGH SCHOOLS ENGAGED IN VARIOUS STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION. ONCE THE SCHOOL IS INVOLVED WE JUST NEED AN EMPLOYER. GETTING EMPLOYER PARTICIPATION IS THE HARDEST PART OF IMPLEMENTATION. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 300 POSITIONS PROMISED TO GPP STUDENTS BY PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES FOR THE 2017/20 SCHOOL YEAR. THAT'S AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 200 NEW POSITIONS, AND THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE GROWING THROUGHOUT THE 2018-20 SCHOOL YEAR.

GREAT PROMISE PARTNERSHIP HAS APPROXIMATELY 400 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN OUR PROGRAMS. 130 STUDENTS ARE WORKING, THE REST ARE IN THE WORK PREPARATION PART OF THE PROGRAM. THIS NUMBER IS SOMEWHAT FLUID BECAUSE OF OUR TARGET POPULATION OF STUDENT (AT-RISK).