HOME-WORK Youth Empowerment
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Our program

A pathway built around the whole person.

Twenty Orlando youth move through emotional healing, creative education, leadership development, and real-world opportunity with a team that believes in their future.

Four years of becoming

HOPE. PURPOSE. LEADERSHIP. EXECUTION.

Year 1

Hope

Emotional stability, self-worth, identity, and belonging.

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Year by year

01

HOPE

Mandatory therapy and self-worth foundations help students name what they feel, understand who they are, and experience belonging.

02

PURPOSE

Students explore creative tracks, discover talents, build a portfolio, and practice skills with professionals.

03

LEADERSHIP

Pitches, presentations, accountability, and networks turn confidence into action and give students a voice.

04

EXECUTION

Paid internships, employment opportunities, career support, and alumni connection help students launch.

What a cohort looks like

A consistent rhythm, with room to grow.

Weekly

Mentoring, creative practice, therapy, and space to check in.

Monthly

Professional workshops, family touchpoints, and community experiences.

Each term

A portfolio project, showcase, reflection, and next-step plan.

At launch

Paid work, employer relationships, and continued alumni support.

Creative tracks

Make something worth sharing.

Teenage girl with box braids shooting a DSLR outdoors among trees

Photography

See, frame, and tell a story with intention.

Teenage boy producing music at a desktop workstation with headphones, waveforms, and a MIDI keyboard

Videography

Turn a point of view into a moving picture.

HOME-WORK student wearing a colorful program shirt

Graphic design

Build visual language for ideas that matter.

Teens writing in notebooks and working on laptops around a long table with a facilitator

Storytelling

Use words to make people feel seen and moved.

Barriers we address

Opportunity starts by making room for real life.

Food insecurityTransportationFamily instabilityMental healthAccess to opportunity