High School Internship Program
For High School Seniors
Our signature High School Internship Program provides skills training, mentoring, and paid internships to high school seniors which keeps them connected to school or the workforce.
Workforce Readiness Program
For High School Juniors
Urban Alliance’s 11th-grade program was designed to provide workforce readiness development, career exposure, and skill training. Using Career Readiness Standards, students will develop basic employment skills, demonstrate their readiness for the workforce, and create a professional portfolio with a Senior Pathway Plan.
Real Estate Pre-Apprenticeship Program
For High School Internship Program Participants
Introducing young adults to upwardly-mobile, living-wage careers within the residential real estate industry.
Obama Youth Jobs Corps
For High School Underclassmen in Chicago
In partnership with the Obama Foundation, Urban Alliance created the Obama Youth Jobs Corps (OYJC) to increase access to economic opportunity for Chicago high school students. Through workforce readiness training and early, meaningful work experience at businesses throughout the city, OYJC gives students the skills, experience, and exposure needed to succeed.
Teacher Training Institute
For Chicago Educators
The Urban Alliance Teacher Institute program prepares Chicago Public School teachers to facilitate Urban Alliance's core workforce readiness curriculum, which is designed to build and reinforce students' social and emotional skills.
Employ Youth. Inspire Excellence.
In partnership with over 200 employers, we level the playing field for young people in the workforce by equipping them with the tools to overcome the systemic barriers that prevent equal access to economic opportunity.