ORGANIZATIONS WITH YOUTH ENTERPRISE FOCUS

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The Education, Training & Enterprise Center (EDTEC) is a national youth entrepreneurship training company. Founded in 1985, EDTEC is a minority-owned firm with a mission to address the needs of urban America by making the most of the human capital often overlooked by traditional training firms. The firm has two major divisions - the Educational Products Division and Management Consulting / Training. The New Youth Entrepreneur, EDTEC's major entrepreneurship curriculum, the New Youth Entrepreneur is a 12-volume set developed in conjunction with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The curriculum (now available in Spanish) has been hailed by educators as one of the best in the country. The web page provides detailed information on the curriculum, provides sample pages, information on teacher training and an entrepreneurship quiz. EDTEC's management consulting and training division has developed an impressive resume and client list in housing and economic development training. Over the last two years the firm has provided training to over 3,000 people, including educators, enterprise zone officials, federal employees, housing authority staff and public housing residents in 37 cities and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Contact Dr. Stella Horton, George Waters, or Aaron Bocage edtec@edtecinc.com.

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Making Cents is a small woman-owned business that offers entrepreneurship curriculum, training, and consulting on program design. Since 1998, Making Cents has been working in partnership with schools and organizations to strengthen their capacity to effectively meet the needs of a broad range of future entrepreneurs. Our curricula targets youth from the second grade through college and emphasizes experiential learning, which allows students to "discover" business concepts rather than "study" these ideas through the traditional means. Making Cents' professional development courses, which train teachers on Making Cent's curriculum, also inspire teachers to take a more hands-on, group-based method of teaching, while still effectively teaching core theory. For more information about our entrepreneurship curricula, training programs or other services, please visit our website Contact Megan Carroll megan@makingcents.com

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DECA, Inc a national association of marketing education students, provides teachers and members with educational and leadership development activities to merge with the education classroom instructional program. DECA is not extracurricular; it is an integral part of the classroom instructional program. DECA chapters attract students who are interested in preparing for entrepreneurial, marketing or management careers. While DECA membership consists primarily of students in marketing programs, membership extends also to alumni and to professionals in marketing education and in marketing teacher education. This web page is designed to inform their members and encourage new membership. Contact Ed Davis Ed_Davis@DECA.org

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REAL ENTERPRISES In rural America, small towns, and urban centers, hands-on entrepreneurship education is making a REAL difference. REAL Enterprises, a national nonprofit organization, helps individuals, schools, communities, and rural America grow through hands-on entrepreneurship education. Their purpose is to prepare youth and adults to be active, self-sufficient, and productive citizens who can contribute to their community's social and economic development. Their web page promotes their high quality entrepreneurship curriculum and training and their support for a national network of educators and member organizations, documents their effectiveness, and advocates for entrepreneurship education. Contact info@realenterprises.org

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National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship. NFTE brings its entrepreneurial training to high school students, especially those from low-income communities. Through its programs, students gain an entrepreneurial understanding of basic workplace and life skills, often for the first time. NFTE provides its entrepreneurship training programs in a variety of intensities via a "mini-MBA" course, using a specially-developed, proven curriculum. Contact Steve Mariotti NFTEmarr@msn.com

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INDEPENDENT MEANS, (formerly An Income Of Her Own). The Independent Means website is the place for women under-twenty (and their over-twenty mentors) to find an income of her own! Independent Means is the leading provider of products and services for girls' financial independence. We are your first stop for news on starting a business; making, saving, and growing money; figuring out how to use money to make a better world (aka philanthropy!); and networking with mentors. Contact Joline Godfrey contactus@independentmeans.com

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Junior Achievement is the world's largest and fastest-growing non-profit economic education organization. Our programs are taught by classroom volunteers from the business community in both the U.S. and nearly 100 countries worldwide. Our purpose is to educate young people to value free enterprise, understand business and economics and be workforce ready. Junior Achievement reaches more than 2.6 million U.S. students each year in cities, suburbs and rural areas. Junior Achievement programs give young people practical, engaging, and informative lessons that educate them about business and economics and help prepare them for fulfilling professional careers. Our programs complement the class curricula and are easily integrated into the lesson plans of each grade level. Programs include Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, Exchange City, JA B.A.S.E. , and Groundhog Job Shadow Day. Contact them at 719-540-6248.

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YOUTH VENTURE Youth Venture's mission is to mobilize young people to develop their own opportunities for leadership through the creation and operation of organizations that meet their needs. These organizations fall into three categories: community service organizations, small business ventures, or after-school clubs. What turns these diverse activities into Youth Ventures is that the young people themselves come up with the ideas and control the initiatives.

Youth Ventures seeks out Allies (individuals who like working directly with young people) who can encourage and support young peoples efforts to create without controlling them. We also work with local partners (community leaders, school principals, heads of youth groups) to change rules and provide seed money to start the ventures. The purpose of this web page is to identify their philosophy and major contacts. Contact their web page www.youthventure.org

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YOUTH ENTERPRISE FOCUS

ADULT ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOCUS

COLLEGE LEVEL FOCUS

POLICY-ORIENTED FOCUS

RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS

FUNDING RESOURCES

The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education

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