About Us
Proof
Data on the academic achievement of over 100 students who have enrolled in the College-Access Program at Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Programs, Inc. supported by The Community Foundation of Greater New Haven and the City of New Haven's Mayor's Youth Initiative demonstrates that the program is meeting the challenge. While in the program high school students have increased their SAT scores considerably, increasing their scores by 100 pointes or more to catapult them to the top ranges of their peer groups.
Students enrolled in the program from 2004-2008 have also:
- Realized significant school achievement gains
- Increased their grade point averages
- Enrolled in more honors and Advances Placement courses
- Increased their enthusiasm for academic success
- Elevated their educational goals and aspirations
Today, only 60 percent of young people from low-income families can expect to graduate from high school; just one in three will enroll in college. A high school dropout is four times as likely to be unemployed as a college graduate and if employed will earn nearly 60 percent less than a peer with a college degree. Statistics such as these, along with steadily increasing levels of knowledge and skills required for high-performance 21st century jobs, augur bleakly for those without postsecondary education. In order to insure broad individual prosperity and national competitiveness in a global economy, it is imperative that far more of this country's many underserved students are prepared to succeed in college
Mission
Higher Heights YEP, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) community based organization that seeks to change the lives of under-represented college bound students and empower, equip, and encourage them to obtain a post-secondary education.
Community Partners
As a new community based organization, we have the pleasure of working with various community groups, corporations, individuals, and institutions who share the same vision as Higher Heights YEP, Inc.
One of our goals is to align ourselves with entities that share the same passion and commitment towards empowering, education, and elevating our youth.
Our community partners include:
- Princeton Review of CT
- Varick Memorial AME Zion Church
- The African American Cultural Center at Yale University
- The Grandparents Programs at The Consultation Center
- Citibank of New Haven
- Tutapoint.com
We are very pleased to have received financial sponsorships from the following organizations:
- Channel 8 News
- The New Haven Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- FedEx Kinkos
- Walters & Associates Financial Group
- Carter Memorial Temple
- Quinnipiac University
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
- AFSCME Union
- Firebird Society of New Haven
- AT&T Community Services Fund
- ConnCANN
- CT Department of Social Services
College Acceptances & Scholarships offered to our students
Central Connecticut State University
Claflin University (including Scholarships)
Clark Atlanta University
Duquesne University
High Point University
Howard University
Johnson & Wales University (including Scholarships)
Lincoln University
Morehouse College
North Carolina A&T University
NYC School of Music
Pittsburgh University
Providence College
Quinnipiac University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Shaw University
Southern Connecticut State University
St. Augustine's College
St. John's University
Stillman College (including Scholarships)
University of Connecticut (including Scholarships)
University of New Haven
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia State University (including Scholarships)
Dwight Hall of Yale University
