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

Forever Changed: Vicky Perkins, Career Specialist

This month’s author, Vicky Perkins, is a long-time Career Specialist in CYC’s Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates program. Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates is a credited in-school elective equipping students with 37 core character competencies that prepare them for post-secondary enrollmenet, employment, or enlistment. The JCG program is the local chapter

Tim Clarke, Mentor and Best Man: CYC Hero July

CYC Mentoring has a long history of creating life-changing bonds and friendships, but it’s an especially unique connection that results in a mentor standing as the best man in his mentee’s wedding. That’s exactly what happened with Lamont and Tim. For his exceptional presence in Lamont’s life, and the profound