Back New Haven
The Back New Haven Initiative is a systemic intervention designed to meet the city and business needs for a diverse homegrown talent pipeline that will drive the regional economy, strengthen neighborhoods, and create sustainable opportunities for New Haven’s young adults.
The Why
A review of the 2020 census reveals that what has been reported as a mass exodus of CT young people has mostly been a drop in white birth rates. At the same time, a diverse talented homegrown first-generation-to-college population has grown exponentially. With 86% of Promise Alumni returning to the Greater New Haven region with a bachelor’s degree, Back New Haven is the solution to a talent shortage articulated by regional industry exacerbated by drop in birth rate, impact of Covid-19, and the great resignation.
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Programmatic Areas & Activities
From early career awareness to full-time career launch, Back New Haven provides a significant return on invested youth, help them fulfill their “full Promise”, and build intergenerational wealth for the Elm City’s most vulnerable yet talented population.
| Early Career Awareness | Internship and Corporate Outreach | Career and Civic Launch |
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Community Service
Career Mentoring
STEM Awareness
Summer Camp
Summer Camp
Resume Workshop
Alum Happy Hour
Homebuyer Seminar
A Program That Works
- More than 1,000 Scholars have attended a NHP internship and career fair and/or a career readiness workshop
- Scholars who attend a career fair graduate from college at a rate nearly twice those who do not
- Scholars who attend a career fair make 18% higher entry-level income than those who didn’t participate
- 67% of Scholars who are employed at Yale or Yale New Haven Health attended a NHP career fair
Back New Haven Brokered
Internships & Jobs
- Career development since 2014
- 1,302 total placements as of 2024
- $10 Million in total payroll earnings
- $5 Million in internship earnings
- $5 Million in first-year salary of entry-level job placements
Internship & Job Placement Sites
- Achievement First
- Alexion
- AmeriCorps
- ARC of Greater New Haven
- Area Cooperative Educational Services
- Arts Council of Greater New Haven
- Artspace
- Athletic Brewing
- Avangrid
- BH Care
- Bike New Haven
- Black Economic & Business News
- Boys & Girls Club of New Haven
- Carmody Law
- City of New Haven
- ClimateHaven
- Cold Spring School
- Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
- CONNCAT
- Connecticut RISE Network
- Consigli Construction
- Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center
- Creative Workforce Initiative
- CT Agricultural Experiment Station
- CT College Corps
- CT Violence Intervention Program
- Dehghani & Associates, LLC
- Derek Simpson Goldsmith
- East Shore Mortgage Services
- Eli Whitney Museum
- Elm City Communities
- Elm City Market
- Elm City Montessori School
- Federal Public Defenders Office
- Fuss & O’Neill
- Gateway to College
- Grand Avenue Special Service District
- Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce
- Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition
- Griswold Home Care
- Hamden Public Schools
- Hassenfeld Child Health Institute
- Health Haven Hub
- Higher Heights
- Horizons at The Foote School
- iMission Institute
- Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage
- Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services
- International Festival of Arts & Ideas
- J.P. Morgan
- La Voz Hispana
- LEAP Inc.
- Marcum LLP
- Mary Wade
- Medtronic
- Monument Financial Services
- NBC CT
- Neighborhood Music School
- New Haven Coalition for Active Transportation
- New Haven
- Our Piece of the Pie
- Pathfinder @ Hopkins
- Performance Environmental Services
- Quinnipiac University
- Relay Graduate School
- Santa Fe Opera
- Scholars at Risk NYC
- Southern Connecticut State University
- Sportsometry
- Squash Haven
- State of Connecticut Auditors of Public Accounts
- State of Connecticut Public Defender Services
- STEP-uHP with Promise
- Svigals + Partners
- Teach For America
- The Breed Academy for Music & Art
- The Children’s Community Program
- The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
- The Word
- Travelers
- U.S. Census
- UBS Financial Services
- University of Connecticut
- University of New Haven
- Yale Alumni Office
- Yale Art Gallery
- Yale Athletics
- Yale Bridge to Employment Program
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Center for British Art
- Yale Center for Collaborative Arts & Media
- Yale Center for Molecular Discovery
- Yale Center for Teaching & Learning
- Yale China Association
- Yale College
- Yale Conference Services
- Yale Division of Finance
- Yale Faculty of Arts & Sciences
- Yale Graduate Housing
- Yale Health Center
- Yale Hospitality
- Yale Human Resources
- Yale Information Technology Services
- Yale Internal Communication
- Yale MacDougal Center
- Yale Medicine
- Yale New Haven Hospital
- Yale Office of Diversity & Inclusion
- Yale Office of Environmental Health & Safety
- Yale Office of New Haven Affairs
- Yale Office of Public Affairs & Communications
- Yale Office of Sponsored Projects
- Yale Peabody Museum
- Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching & Learning
- Yale Press
- Yale Printing & Publishing
- Yale Public Safety
- Yale School of Architecture
- Yale School of Art
- Yale School of Drama
- Yale School of Management
- Yale School of Medicine
- Yale School of Music
- Yale School of Nursing
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale School of the Environment
- Yale University Administration
- Yale University Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Yale University Library
- Yale University Properties
- Yale Veterans Association
- Yale West Campus
- Yale Young Global Scholars
Case for Support
Back New Haven’s programmings rely solely on grants and corporate sponsorships. As we are serving an ever-growing alumni population, there is an UNMET NEED to recruit additional placement sites and quadruple the annual placements.
We look to partner with corporations and service firms with deep ties to the Greater New Haven region, who demonstrate leadership and commitment to education and economic development. The corporate funding will increase a larger industry-ready homegrown talent pool and create access and opportunity for New Haven young people.
Talent pays huge dividends!