"The only thing worse than kids giving up on school, is if we give up on them."

City Year Philadelphia

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City Year Philadelphia

Our Work in Philadelphia

Nearly 15,000 students in Philadelphia are at risk for dropping out. The consequences are real: Students who drop out are eight times more likely to become incarcerated and three times more likely to be unemployed. When a student drops out of school it has a lasting effect on our communities.

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Our Corps

Highly Skilled Near-Peer mentors

City Year Philadelphia deploys 205 highly skilled AmeriCorps members to serve in 14 schools. Together, this team positively impacts the students of our city.

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Our Impact

Powerful Results

Our AmeriCorps members serve students in 14 Philadelphia public and charter schools that we continuously track and measure our impact.

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Support Us

Make an impact today

When you support City Year, we’ll use your help to put more AmeriCorps members into more schools nationwide – which helps more students and schools succeed. By 2023, we aspire to serve 1 million students per day, in over 1,200 schools nationwide, something that’s only possible with the continued support of our donors and partners.

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Literacy Month

September is Literacy Month. City Year Philadelphia is working to improve literacy in our local schools, but learning to read and write does not stop in the classroom.

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Events

Come See our Work in Action

Throughout the year, City Year Philadelphia hosts inspirational and high-energy special events. We hope you’ll join us and experience the passion and dedication of our corps firsthand.

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In The News

Read what others are saying

City Year is making headlines for our work within the schools and communities where we serve. Here you can read what others have to say about us on a local and national level, and how we are impacting lives in the classroom and beyond.

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