STRIVE DC assists unemployed individuals in the Washington, DC area in obtaining the skills to get and keep a job through its intense three week attitudinal training course where people who lack these basic skills are transformed into work ready individuals.STRIVE DC was established as a response to the overwhelming percentage of residents currently unemployed in the inner-city neighborhoods of our Nation's Capital and the lack of effective programs to

combat this problem. STRIVE DC serves these inner-city men & women of any age, preparing them for obtaining and maintaining employment through three-week attitudinal job readiness training. At the conclusion of a training period, STRIVE DC offers job placement and two years of post-placement support. Statistics have shown that between fifty-five and sixty-five percent of the STRIVE DC graduates have obtained and maintained employment two years after graduating from the program.

My name is Ruth Gardner. I came into STRIVE DC with a bad attitude. I felt like I was mad with the world. My instructors, Carlton and Lisa, were the best! They     Read More

My name is Terry L. Hunter. I am a Black American, born in Washington, DC. I came to the STRIVE DC Job Training and Employment program while I was in a     Read More

My name is Thomas and I am a proud graduate and member of the STRIVE DC Family. I come from a broken home in which there was drinking and drugs.       Read More

STRIVE DC, Inc. has helped me become a better person and successful in life. I graduated from STRIVE DC on June 29, 2001. The training helped me become    Read More