At least a dozen Centers in 5 years Providing Careers to 3,000 Young Adults.
PeopleShores is actively working to expand our presence with the goal of opening at least 12 new centers over the next five years providing employment to 3,000 young adults. Our targeted communities include inner cities with a high number of disconnected young adults, military bases with underemployed veterans and their spouses, and rural communities with high unemployment.
The PeopleShores corporate center is located in the heart of Silicon Valley, one of the world’s most dynamic regions for technology, research and entrepreneurial activity.
While our location affords us access to the great minds and cutting-edge technology, San Jose is also an area of tremendous need. The city has one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing populations of homeless people and roughly 15,000 “disconnected” youth.
Given our technology focus and social mission, there is no better place in America to carry out our dual responsibilities.
Employing ‘disconnected’ youth in neighboring communities and serving primarily hi-tech companies in the Bay Area.
In 2019, PeopleShores opened its first regional delivery center in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Clarksdale is perhaps best know as the “birthplace of the blues” for its many sites of historic importance in the development of blues music. It is a region of great creativity, but also deep and systemic multigenerational poverty. Approximately one third of its residents live below the poverty line, including 46 percent of those under age 18.
Clarksdale may seem to some as a surprising location for a technology company, but the city fits our mission perfectly. In Clarksdale, we are finding unparalleled opportunity for transforming lives in economically challenged communities.
