National Mentoring Month 2016

A mentor is the secret ingredient behind all successful people. Mentors give young people someone to turn to when real life gets tough. Unfortunately, children growing up in poverty often lack access to mentors. With Cincinnati ranked fourth in the nation in childhood poverty, the need for mentors has

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative Welcomes Four Board Members

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative (CYC), the recipient of the 2015 Cincinnati USA Business Award for Non Profit of the Year, welcomed four new members to the Board of Directors. “As an organization founded on the ideals collective impact, we know that CYC’s success thus far has been due to a

CYC Receives $85K from Community Connectors Grant

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative has received $85,000 from the Ohio Department of Education’s new Community Connectors grant initiative. The grant will benefit a new Cincinnati Youth Collaborative (CYC) expansion, College and Career Mentoring. These funds will support and further the partnership between CYC, City Gospel Mission (CGM), Cincinnati Public Schools

Woodward Trust Grant Supports CYC Student Success

Thank you to Woodward Trust, a longtime supporter of CYC’s Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates Career Association program, for the recent gift of $15,000. This grant will assist students in graduating from high school and successfully transitioning into college or career.  Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates is a credited in-school elective equipping