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Work, Achievement, Values & Education, Inc. (WAVE) was a nonprofit, youth development, education, and youth workforce development organization founded in 1969 in Newark, Delaware. The organization announced its dissolution in December 2009.
Under its original name, 70,001 Ltd., the organization operated the 70,001 Career Association (SEVCA) and seeded programs in multiple states that reconnected school dropouts to work and education with funds from the US Department of Labor. [1] [2] In the 1980s, WAVE also began working with schools to design methods for effective dropout prevention. 700 schools and community-based organizations serving approximately 700,000 youth eventually implemented such programs. [3]
WAVE provided professional development, curriculum, technical assistance, and other supports to schools and youth programs that implemented WAVE programs locally. WAVE offered five main program approaches that any school or organization can adapt and implement:
WAVE is featured in Grad Nation: A Guidebook to Help Communities Tackle The Dropout Crisis [8] as a provider of program designs for out-of-school youth (dropouts) and a research-based intervention for disconnected youth and a national provider of technical assistance to schools and communities wishing to improve the educational and career outcomes of young people. WAVE was a national partner in the America's Promise.
Eight independent research studies have been published on WAVE's impact. Key Findings noted by Michael Ben-Avie, PhD of the Yale Child Study Center and Impact Analysis and Strategies Group [9] in 2008 include evidence that:
WAVE was featured in the Catalogue for Philanthropy, [11] which reviews and selects charitable organizations that meet criteria for efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, impact, and value to the community.
Dr. George Mc Gorman, Executive Director of the Delaware Governor's Advisory Council for Vocational originated the concept of 70001.
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Work, Achievement, Values & Education, Inc. (WAVE) was a nonprofit, youth development, education, and youth workforce development organization founded in 1969 in Newark, Delaware. The organization announced its dissolution in December 2009.
Under its original name, 70,001 Ltd., the organization operated the 70,001 Career Association (SEVCA) and seeded programs in multiple states that reconnected school dropouts to work and education with funds from the US Department of Labor. [1] [2] In the 1980s, WAVE also began working with schools to design methods for effective dropout prevention. 700 schools and community-based organizations serving approximately 700,000 youth eventually implemented such programs. [3]
WAVE provided professional development, curriculum, technical assistance, and other supports to schools and youth programs that implemented WAVE programs locally. WAVE offered five main program approaches that any school or organization can adapt and implement:
WAVE is featured in Grad Nation: A Guidebook to Help Communities Tackle The Dropout Crisis [8] as a provider of program designs for out-of-school youth (dropouts) and a research-based intervention for disconnected youth and a national provider of technical assistance to schools and communities wishing to improve the educational and career outcomes of young people. WAVE was a national partner in the America's Promise.
Eight independent research studies have been published on WAVE's impact. Key Findings noted by Michael Ben-Avie, PhD of the Yale Child Study Center and Impact Analysis and Strategies Group [9] in 2008 include evidence that:
WAVE was featured in the Catalogue for Philanthropy, [11] which reviews and selects charitable organizations that meet criteria for efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, impact, and value to the community.
Dr. George Mc Gorman, Executive Director of the Delaware Governor's Advisory Council for Vocational originated the concept of 70001.
based in New Jersey