Employer partners
DFW businesses that commit to interviewing LAUNCH graduates for open positions and providing at minimum one paid internship or entry-level role per cohort cycle.
AN ALIMENTA PROGRAM
LAUNCH.
Your zip code is your starting line. Not your ceiling.
LAUNCH is Alimenta's young adult workforce and economic empowerment program. It serves young adults 18-26 who are building economic stability from scratch - including those aging out of institutional systems, first-generation earners, and young adults navigating a workforce that was not designed to welcome them. LAUNCH provides the financial literacy, career navigation, professional skill development, and advocacy tools that give the next generation a real economic starting line - regardless of the zip code they were born in.
Full nameLeading A United Next Generation of Change
ServesYoung adults ages 18-26
Focus areaPolicy That Protects the Future - Economics
Delivered byAlimenta Education Services
Why LAUNCH exists.
By age 24, more than 50% of young adults who aged out of foster care are unemployed. Economic mobility in America is increasingly determined by zip code - the neighborhood you grow up in predicts your income, your education, and your life expectancy with brutal accuracy. That is not a coincidence. It is a design. LAUNCH exists to give young adults the tools to build outside that design.
The barriers facing 18-26 year olds in the workforce are not primarily motivational. They are structural. Young adults who grew up in low-income households, institutional systems, or under-resourced communities were never taught how money works, how to negotiate a salary, how to build credit, how to read a lease, or how to navigate a professional environment. These are not soft skills. They are survival skills. And the system does not teach them.
LAUNCH fills that gap. Not with charity. With knowledge, community, and advocacy. We fight for the policies that need to change while equipping young people to navigate the system as it currently exists.
What LAUNCH does.
- Run a structured six-week financial literacy and career navigation program for young adults 18-26.
- Teach practical financial skills - budgeting, banking, credit building, debt management, and saving.
- Provide career navigation coaching - resume building, interview preparation, professional networking.
- Connect participants to employment partners, internships, and workforce development resources in DFW.
- Teach participants how to advocate for fair wages, workplace rights, and economic policies that affect their lives.
- Build a LAUNCH alumni network that provides ongoing peer support and professional connection.
- Advocate at the policy level for WIOA youth program expansion, living wage legislation, and economic access for young adults.
- Partner with DFW businesses committed to hiring and developing LAUNCH program graduates.
The LAUNCH curriculum: six weeks to economic clarity.
LAUNCH runs as a six-week cohort program for young adults 18-26. Sessions are two hours each, offered in person and virtually. Every participant leaves with a personal financial plan, a professional profile, and connections to real economic opportunity.
- Money 101.
How money actually works. Banking basics. How to open an account, build credit from zero, and understand a paycheck. No judgment. No assumed prior knowledge. Start where you actually are.
- Build your budget.
Practical budgeting for real incomes. Rent, food, transportation, savings. How to make a plan that works even when the numbers are tight. Every participant builds a real budget for their real life.
- Your professional profile.
Resume building, LinkedIn setup, and professional email fundamentals. How to present yourself to an employer when you have limited formal experience. How to translate life experience - including institutional experience - into professional language.
- Get the job.
Interview preparation, salary negotiation, and workplace rights. How to ask for what you are worth. How to know what you are worth. What an offer letter means. What you can and cannot be asked in an interview.
- Your rights at work.
Workplace rights every young employee should know. Minimum wage, overtime, discrimination protections, and how to report a violation. How to advocate for yourself in a professional environment without burning the bridge.
- Your economic future.
Long-term financial planning - savings goals, retirement basics, entrepreneurship options. The policies that affect your economic life and how to advocate for better ones. Your LAUNCH action plan: specific goals, specific steps, specific timeline.
PARTNERSHIPS
What partners bring.
Host organizations
Community organizations, churches, or institutions that host LAUNCH sessions in accessible locations for the 18-26 population. Space, eight sessions, no cost to participants.
Workforce referrals
Workforce development agencies, social service organizations, and community partners that refer young adults into the LAUNCH program.
Good faith hiring
Employer partners agree to evaluate LAUNCH graduates without penalizing gaps in employment history related to institutional involvement.
How to get started.
- For young adults.
Apply directly by contacting Alimenta or through a community partner. The program is free. No prior work experience required. Cohorts launch monthly.
- For community organizations.
Refer young adults in your community and become a LAUNCH host partner. Alimenta handles all curriculum and facilitation.
- For employers.
Contact Alimenta to become a LAUNCH Employer Partner. The ask is simple: interview our graduates and consider them seriously.
- For workforce agencies.
LAUNCH qualifies as workforce development programming. Contact Alimenta to discuss referral partnerships and co-enrollment.
“The zip code you were born in is your starting line. It is not your finish line. LAUNCH makes sure you know the difference.”LAUNCH · Alimenta Education Services
BRING LAUNCH TO YOUR COMMUNITY
Let’s start
the conversation.
Every Alimenta program starts the same way - a simple conversation with our program team about your school, organization or community.
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