“Our Grandmothers In Tech & Entrepreneurship Living Well (GITTY) has provided direct services to young and old grandmothers. One woman who went through our program returned to the workforce after being a stay-at-home mom and grandmother. We gave her the job training and professional development skills, including technology skill-building, to be relevant for today’s modern workplace.” Many grandmothers are now placed in IT Tech Careers making a salary that breaks generation barriers.
“Our Grandmothers In Tech & Entrepreneurship Living Well (GITTY) has provided direct services to young and old grandmothers. One woman who went through our program returned to the workforce after being a stay-at-home mom and grandmother. We gave her the job training and professional development skills, including technology skill-building, to be relevant for today’s modern workplace.” Many grandmothers are now placed in IT Tech Careers making a salary that breaks generation barriers.
Moms In Tech & Digital Exploration
The Work It Well Project is providing opportunities for single and low income moms and single moms who are re-entering interested in technology pathways certificate programs and digital exploration that includes entrepreneurship. This program will benefit adult single and low income mothers who are interested re-entering the work world and living in poverty that are interested in science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) as well as workforce education, entrepreneurship and employment, and are looking to improve the quality of their lives and the lives of their children.
The various paths of technology is an Educational & Exploration Program for single and low income Mothers and our overall goal is to support single mothers living in poverty who are in college and/or working and have a foundational understanding of technology, with an interest in entrepreneurial digital exploration. The work It Well MITE programs and our partnerships looking to be educated in Cyber Security and Information Security, one of the fastest growing fields in technology with an astounding workforce gap and shortage of talent amongst men and women and more so women in vulnerable populations. |
The Tech & Entrepreneurship Educational Program for Single Mothers will offer cohorts of single mothers per semester, the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of Cyber Security, Information Security and digital dimensions for entrepreneurship to change or further their career path in STEAM, while adding supplemental income. Once the participant has earned the Cyber Security Certificate from the program, The WIP’s team and partnerships will work to find jobs for the top 50% of the class giving them the opportunity to get out of poverty and start a new career that will provide a sustainable salary with benefits. The WIP’s will further their relationship with the participants by offering each graduate coaching and peer support, enrollment at no charge and to become an alumni to the learning academy as a speaker and paid opportunities to reach one and teach one. This benefit will continue their mentoring and educational opportunities based on their individual goals “from the classroom to the boardroom.”
*Everything offered in this program is provided FREE of charge to the cohort of single mothers selected to participate.
*Everything offered in this program is provided FREE of charge to the cohort of single mothers selected to participate.