Scott and a close friend founded a non-profit foundation to help disadvantaged children find meaningful, good-paying jobs after graduating from high school. In Virginia, approximately 50% of young people do not get additional training during or after high school graduation. Meanwhile, good-paying jobs requiring post-high school education and training are going unfilled by the thousands Virginia. Rural communities and diverse populations have far fewer adults with vocational skills, technical skills, or college educations than urban areas – a gap that is growing each year. This lack of an educated workforce leads to slow or negative economic growth in nearly all non-urban communities. 

OUR GOAL: EVERY STUDENT ACHIEVES VOCATIONAL, TECHNICAL, OR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.

We engage with students throughout middle school and high school and a career pathway is prepared for achieving a job with a vocational skill, a technical certification or degree, or an admission to a professional degree program at a local university. It only makes sense to educate local youth for good wage jobs, to work and live in the community they grew up in.

In 2020, we established the program, and we are now working with several local school systems to identify students who fit our profile and have the need to achieve this training and employment.