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Our unique model creates a virtuous cycle by providing skill-based training for young people that encourages them to advocate for themselves, their peers and their communities. Change may start here, but it’s not where it ends.

WTG Addresses

  1. Youth mental health crisis

  2. Shortage of mental health professionals

  3. Lack of opportunities for professional development and growth in the youth development workforce

  4. Youth unemployment

  5. Decreased college enrollment post-pandemic

Serving the most impacted youth


The young adults in our program carry real barriers into it, and real strength throughout it.

WTG supports ALL young people, but research shows Black,Latino and LGBTQ+ youth are significantly more likely to report emotional distress than their peers.

88% of Fellows identify as Black and/or Latino

15% have experienced incarceration

or incarceration of an immediate family member

Many indicated experience with mental health issues

food insecurity, foster care involvement, and disability

Funder Acknowledgement

“Because of Working the Gap I now…

• Work in a school

• Have basic knowledge of leading youth

• Know about different ways to collect data

• Have another family”

200+ Coaching Sessions

87%
earned college
credits

Fellows received $3,750 in credits

*On average

Fellows
impacted over 500 young people

Glenaisa’s Journey

Before Working the Gap, Glenaisa was already showing up — volunteering with elderly neighbors through a service corps program and tending her community farm. She just hadn't yet found a way to turn that instinct into a future…

WTG gave her a supportive community, the confidence to apply to CUNY's Youth Studies program, and the skills to advocate for herself and other young people.

Now she's carrying that same commitment forward- staying active with the NYC Youth Agenda, pushing for affordable housing, and building toward a career helping young people succeed.

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