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Ja’bez Unlimited LLC, is a limited liability corporation established March 21, 2002. The company provides financial literacy through the filter of entrepreneurship to students ages 10 – 18 and above. From 2004 to the present this highly successful program has been piloted through the Cedarmore Corporation, located on Long Island, New York.
Ja’bez provides a Young Entrepreneurs Training Program (YETP) which contains a written and a computerized model, both designed for an individual to launch his/her own business and to assist him/her in developing a strategic business plan.
ABOUT THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS TRAINING PROGRAM
The Young Entrepreneurs Training Program (YETP) provides an opportunity for participants to learn about entrepreneurship by launching a business. This in-person program also includes online aids, field trips, a business plan competition and an opportunity to engage in enterprise.
Objectives
Participants are empowered to create businesses reflective of their talents and the needs of the community. The program teaches entrepreneurship skills, financial literacy, effective communication and conflict management. In addition, we are one of the few programs where participants form a company and launch a business.
Curriculum
The curriculum builds a foundation for understanding key business and finance concepts for both personal and professional ventures.
Additional Aids
Goals
The goals of the YETP are to generate economic opportunities for anyone in which entrepreneurship becomes a viable employability option for them while also contributing to economic growth within the community.
The Need / Rationale
It is a fact that a growing number of individuals struggle daily with debt. YETP is a financial literacy program that will teach how to avoid getting caught in the cycle of debt and insolvency.
The YETP curriculum could even become an integral part of the public, private, alternative, parochial and charter schools’ educational offerings. The curriculum includes part of the state’s core curriculum components, namely, the 21st Century Life and Careers; Language and Literacy; and the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines. Scientifically, it is necessary for the entrepreneur to understand the behavior (how the brain works) and assess the health implications of the consumers of any product before production and marketing. Additionally, the entrepreneur studies people and societies as expressed through research trends and marketing strategies, then uses technology to further explore the data collected from this research to make critical business decisions that will have a positive impact on the community. Computer technology software applications are used to generate the business plans and spreadsheets necessary as supporting documents. Engineering is used for product development and product design. Mathematic concepts are applied when analyzing algorithms to determine economic patterns and spending habits as well as generating budgets and financial reports.
The core curriculum offered is also consistent with all major content areas including English Language Arts and offers college and career readiness within its core learning objectives. Guided by qualified faculty and mentors, students incorporate English Language Arts by writing proposals and business plans.
In short, entrepreneurs are motivated, inspired, and empowered by pursuing goals to become profitable and use what they have learned to improve their surrounding community making this a program that is both academically enriching and socially responsible.
Supporting Research
Based on research by the United States Census Bureau (2023 American Community Survey), of the 73.6 million youth (ages 18 and under), 71.6 million are living below poverty level. The National Center for Educational Services revealed that 2.1 million students (about the population of New Mexico) between the ages of 16 to 18 dropped out of school in 2022. Even when young people do not drop out of school due to academic underperformance, they come out of school reading at a 7th or 8th grade level (WorldAtlas, 2017). Thus, an unacceptable number of students fail to develop academic, social and citizenship skills necessary to compete and succeed in today’s economy. Institutional failure has put current and future generations at risk of social unrest and decay. Additionally, this age group is the most vulnerable to violence, crime, substance abuse and gang exposure.
The United States has 33.2 million businesses; of that number there are 31.7 small businesses (having fewer than 500 employees) that drive the United States’ economy. Small businesses provide jobs for more than half of the country’s private workforce (Forbes Advisor, Small Business Statistics of 2024). The Office of Advocacy S.B.A. research shows that small businesses represent 99.9 percent of all firms. They create more than half of the private non-farm gross domestic product, and they create 62.7 percent of the net new jobs. “The business of America is business.”--President Calvin Coolidge
Obama's Commitment to Small Business
'The Solar Energy Technologies Office “Fact Sheet: Celebrating President Obama’s Top 10 Actions to Advance Entrepreneurship, and Announcing New Steps to Build on These” indicates the following:
Among the organizations answering the former president's call to action to advance entrepreneurship were:
(U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, November 30, 2016.)
Solution
Ja’bez’s premiere educational offering, the YETP, teaches many alternative options to making a living other than just through the traditional ways.
These alternatives provide the student with the encouragement and incentive to believe in their own capabilities and in how, ultimately, these abilities combined with hard work and proper business and academic literacy will make them self-sufficient. This program also aims to prevent future generations from the devastating cycle of poverty.
Based on the belief that our country was built on entrepreneurship, where everyone dares to dream, works hard, pursues this dream and contributes to the country’s all-inclusive good, YETP teaches the benefits of capitalism, our government’s primary focus.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP
Ja’bez Partners with all those who share its vision to teach and encourage participants to dare to dream big, and to succeed by learning new skills and honing their inborn talents.
Who would benefit from the partnership?
Youth
Adults
Community organizations
Elementary, middle and high schools and
Juvenile delinquent centers
ABOUT THE FOUNDER & BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Barbara Jordan founded the YETP in 2004. Mrs. Jordan formed the YETP to provide individuals with the tools needed to generate jobs and build wealth through entrepreneurship. She holds an MBA from Dowling College and a BS from York College.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Barbara A. Jordan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
LaWanda J. Williams
Managing Member
Trial lawyer, licensed to practice in the state of New York, Provides consulting services to businesses and non-profit organizations
Melvin Greene
CPA
Founder & Owner, Tax R Us
Joyce Green
Retired:
Assist. Prof. Hospitality & Tourism, Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina
Director of Training and Education, Coop’s Hospitality Inc. Atlanta, GA
Darrell Pone
Author, Speaker & retired MD
Gloria Nixon Pone
Author, Certified World Class Speaking Coach
Dr. Rohini B. Ramanathan
Freelancer (The 7D’s Associates/Images International)
L&D Director, with specialization in creating online education, widely published writer and performing artist
Founder-Director, “The Alchemists,” a fusion music, improv and literary platform
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