$500,000 budgeted from Meeting the Moment Campaign
Interfaith Neighbors is Meeting the Moment when it comes to Career Education for Generations to Come
Interfaith Neighbors’ SOAR program helps those who qualify maximize their potential, and SOAR into a career! SOAR colleagues participate in intensive success skills training, earn a scholarship into a fast-track professional certification program and become eligible for a wide range of support services to ensure their long-term success.
The SOAR Program Scholarship Endowment will provide individual scholarship funds for SOAR colleagues who decide to pursue a professional certification in their chosen career path. These educational programs are generally between eight and sixteen weeks in length and range in cost, including support services, between $4,000 – $10,000 per colleague, depending on the career track. These educational programs all have appropriate accreditation and their graduates have high rates of success in finding and retaining “career pathway” employment. Some of our educational partners include Brookdale Community College and the Advantage Career Institute. Additionally, the fund also helps with “barrier-busting” services such as child care and transportation as colleagues complete the program and their educational certification.
Every SOAR colleague that successfully completes the Interfaith Neighbors’ intensive success skills training program is eligible for financial support for their professional education. Proceeds from the SOAR Scholarship Endowment will provide direct support for these scholarships.
We are pleased to share that an anonymous donor has seeded the SOAR Program Scholarship Endowment with a gift of $1,000,000.