Causes: Employment Preparation & Procurement, Job Training
Mission: We exist to assist individuals in developing their ability to earn and to become contributing citizens in their community. We support the development of self-sufficiency in every person, regardless of background, economic status, or level of ability. We strengthen the community by preparing individuals to assume their roles as workers, parents, and citizens.
Results: During fiscal year 2022 (July 1,2021 - June 30,2022), 909 students enrolled, 454 students graduated, and 423 students started jobs with an average wage of $20.04.
Geographic areas served: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Programs: Summit Academy OIC is a non-profit vocational training and educational center based in North Minneapolis with over 50 years of experience helping Twin Cities residents in economically depressed neighborhoods acquire the tools they need to become educated, employed, and self-supporting. Summit Academy is the only community-based vocational training and job-placement program in North Minneapolis accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Schools and registered with the Minnesota Higher Education Services office. At Summit Academy OIC, we believe the best social service program in the world is a job. Graduates from our adult education programs are given the opportunity to lift themselves up from a life of poverty and hopelessness onto a path that will lead to a better life for themselves and their families. These individuals were limited by chronic unemployment, a complete lack of resources, and in many cases, a lack of faith in themselves; they now have the chance to fundamentally change their circumstances by increasing their income and their quality of life. When adults work full-time living-wage jobs, they become role models to young adults and children, families become more stable, and the cycle that has kept their communities poor and crime-ridden is broken. These positive changes continue to ripple out even further into the larger community as fewer social services and incarceration costs are incurred and graduates begin to pay taxes. After receiving training in our Construction, GED, Healthcare, or Information Technology programs, our graduates have gone on to work in jobs that directly improve Minnesota's infrastructure. Summit Academy offers adult education and support services that are tailored to the specific needs of the communities we serve. These career tracks are all supported with services that develop students' life skills and assist in job seeking, placement, and retention. In this fiscal year (July 1,2021 - June 30,2022), Summit's career and technology center served 909 adult students, and 606 graduated or remained enrolled to complete their training.
Mission: We exist to assist individuals in developing their ability to earn and to become contributing citizens in their community. We support the development of self-sufficiency in every person, regardless of background, economic status, or level of ability. We strengthen the community by preparing individuals to assume their roles as workers, parents, and citizens.
Results: During fiscal year 2022 (July 1,2021 - June 30,2022), 909 students enrolled, 454 students graduated, and 423 students started jobs with an average wage of $20.04.
Geographic areas served: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Programs: Summit Academy OIC is a non-profit vocational training and educational center based in North Minneapolis with over 50 years of experience helping Twin Cities residents in economically depressed neighborhoods acquire the tools they need to become educated, employed, and self-supporting. Summit Academy is the only community-based vocational training and job-placement program in North Minneapolis accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Schools and registered with the Minnesota Higher Education Services office. At Summit Academy OIC, we believe the best social service program in the world is a job. Graduates from our adult education programs are given the opportunity to lift themselves up from a life of poverty and hopelessness onto a path that will lead to a better life for themselves and their families. These individuals were limited by chronic unemployment, a complete lack of resources, and in many cases, a lack of faith in themselves; they now have the chance to fundamentally change their circumstances by increasing their income and their quality of life. When adults work full-time living-wage jobs, they become role models to young adults and children, families become more stable, and the cycle that has kept their communities poor and crime-ridden is broken. These positive changes continue to ripple out even further into the larger community as fewer social services and incarceration costs are incurred and graduates begin to pay taxes. After receiving training in our Construction, GED, Healthcare, or Information Technology programs, our graduates have gone on to work in jobs that directly improve Minnesota's infrastructure. Summit Academy offers adult education and support services that are tailored to the specific needs of the communities we serve. These career tracks are all supported with services that develop students' life skills and assist in job seeking, placement, and retention. In this fiscal year (July 1,2021 - June 30,2022), Summit's career and technology center served 909 adult students, and 606 graduated or remained enrolled to complete their training.
935 Olson Memorial Hwy, Minneapolis, MN 55405
612-377-0150
Job Training
Minneapolis
