Graduate Placements

After graduating from the STRIVE Baltimore program, most participants obtain employment within three weeks. The following table illustrates STRIVE’s graduation and job-placement outcomes for 2006.

 

Graduates Initial Placements
After 3-Week Training
Total Placements
Total for Period 319 170 307
Gender      
Male 237 (74%) 126 (74%) 214 (70%)
Female 82 (26%) 44 (26%) 93 (30%)
Convictions      
Felony Convictions 114 (45%) 81 (48%) 136 (44%)
Misdemeanor Convictions 96 (30%)40 (23%) 77 (25%)
None79 (25%) 49 (29%) 94 (31%)
Age Range*      
16-20 years old 38 (12%)18(11%) 42 (14%)
21-25 years old 73 (23%) 38(22%) 66 (21%)
26-35 years old 71(23%) 39(23%)76 (25%)
36+ 134 (42%) 75 (44%)123 (40%)
Educational Level**      
High school graduate/GED/
Higher Education
175 (57%) 88 (55%) 152 (53%)
Without High School Diploma/
GED/Higher Education
131 (43%) 73 (45%) 136 (47%)

*Of the 316 graduates with age information

**Of the 306 graduates reporting on their educational level