America Needs You

FirstGenU, a high-production, self-paced career development program designed to help 10,000 first-generation students prepare for and navigate their careers by 2026 by completing modules focused on three key phases of career development: Job Search Skills, Leadership Skills, and Career Management Skills. Facilitated via cohort models across 5-week periods, the program is enhanced with digital networking events with successful professionals and access to a robust internship database.

For over a decade, America Needs You (ANY) has provided transformative mentorship and intensive career development programming to thousands of low-income first-generation college students across the US, improving economic outcomes for the students, their families, and their communities. If awarded, funds will be used to grow our local impact in Los Angeles to recruit and enroll 100 more first-generation college students and provide them with mentoring, innovative career readiness training, professional networking, and student-centered services