Building pathways to opportunity
We help youth and young adults develop the confidence, leadership capacity, and support needed to achieve economic independence and strengthen their communities.
Choose your path
First-Year Goals
Impact that can be seen, measured, and sustained.
We track participation, confidence, completed learning experiences, mentor engagement, career and business milestones, and continued participant progress.
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Youth & young adults served
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Target completion rate
Support designed for every stage of growth.
Our age-based pathways meet participants where they are — ages 8 to 30 — and help them progress from early confidence to independence, ownership, and community leadership.
Ages 8–12
Build Confidence
Interactive learning, goal setting, teamwork, creativity, and early exposure to leadership and entrepreneurship.
- Goal setting & teamwork
- Creativity & confidence
- Intro to leadership
Ages 13–17
Explore Possibility
Career exploration, mentorship, leadership projects, business challenges, and real-world decision-making.
- Career exploration
- Mentorship & projects
- Business challenges
Ages 18–24
Step Into Opportunity
Workforce readiness, professional development, entrepreneurship support, coaching, and connections to education and employment.
- Workforce readiness
- Professional development
- Education & employment
Ages 25–30
Build and Lead
Asset-building pathways, business development, career advancement, community leadership, and long-term planning.
- Asset building
- Business development
- Community leadership
Learning by doing
Real growth happens side by side.
Mentorship, peer collaboration, and hands-on projects turn our pathways into lived experience. Young people build confidence and capability by working through real challenges together — supported by mentors who have walked the road ahead.
See how the pathways workPartnership Opportunities
Community change takes a connected community.
Foundations & Funders
Invest in youth opportunity, economic mobility, leadership development, workforce pathways, and measurable community outcomes.
Schools & Organizations
Connect participants to workshops, mentors, learning experiences, facilities, and wraparound community support.
Businesses & Professionals
Provide mentors, facilitators, job exposure, internships, sponsorships, and hands-on entrepreneurial experiences.
Help build the next pathway.
Join F.L.O.S.S. as a funding partner, mentor, volunteer, community organization, or business committed to creating lasting opportunity.
Become a partner