Programs

  • C/CORPS Youth Development Program

    WE HAVE EXPLORED A NEW WAY TO QUICKLY PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE TO WORK TOGETHER ON COMPLEX,MULTIDIMENSIONAL TASKS. THE PROGRAM, CURRENTLY CALLED C/CORPS AND STILL IN DEVELOPMENT, ISFUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE RITA ALLEN FOUNDATION. IT GIVES YOUNG PEOPLE THE STRUCTURE AND SKILLSTO PROVIDE WORLD-CLASS CAPACITY TO PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE SOLVING SOCIETY'S MOST PRESSINGPROBLEMS. C/CORPS TEAMS CONSIST OF 4-6 YOUNG PEOPLE MENTORED BY A MID-CAREER PROFESSIONALAND A SENIOR DOMAIN EXPERT DURING THEIR TENURE ON THE CORPS. TEAMS UNDERGO RIGOROUS TRAINING INDESIGN THINKING, SYSTEMS THINKING, COMMUNICATION, AND TEAMWORK BEFORE BEING DEPLOYED ONTHREE-MONTH PROJECTS CONFRONTING PRESSING PUBLIC ISSUES. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING EXCESS PUBLICCAPACITY, C/CORPS WILL CREATE A POOL OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WITH THE FRAMEWORKS, PROCESSES, ANDTRAINING TO ADDRESS COMPLEX SOCIETAL PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE. C/CORPS HAS COMPLETED SEVERALROUNDS OF PROTOTYPING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RITA ALLEN FOUNDATION AND THE CIVIC SCIENCEFELLOWS INCLUDING PROJECTS: PHILANTHROPY 911 AND CIVIC SCIENCE COMMUNICATION.WE PROVIDED PROJECT ZERO DESIGN THINKING TRAINING TO HONORS STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHFLORIDA.WE ARE SUPPORTING EFFORTS BY THE JACKSONVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO CREATE A MUSEUM THAT BRINGSTHE COMMUNITY TOGETHER ACROSS RACIAL, ECONOMIC, AND GENERATIONAL DIVIDES BY SHOWING HOW THECITY'S INCREDIBLE MUSICAL HISTORY COMES FROM A FUSION OF MUSICAL INFLUENCES THAT HAVE ALLINFLUENCED EACH OTHER.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    $92.8K