![]() Quicken Loans is the largest employer in Detroit – with 17,000 team members – and the largest minority employer. ![]() Operating under a For-More-Than-Profit philosophy, Quicken Loans brings together for-profit businesses and non-profit investments to build social and financial opportunity. Quicken Loans also has a deep history of investing in, and opening doors to opportunity in, its hometown cities through the work of the Quicken Loans Community Fund. Building on that first commitment, Urban Alliance has since provided paid professional internships to nearly 5,000 youth in D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, Northern Virginia, and now Detroit through direct partnerships with hundreds of major companies across those regions – significantly impacting the success of participants following their graduation from high school. student who said she and her peers needed access to meaningful jobs to succeed. Urban Alliance was founded in 1996 with a simple promise to a Washington, D.C. Urban Alliance and Quicken Loans share a common mission of empowering their local communities by providing residents access to economic opportunities. In 2018, Quicken Loans – through its philanthropic arm, the Quicken Loans Community Fund – partnered with Urban Alliance to bring these young residents access to jobs and training that will benefit them for a lifetime. About one in eight young people aged 16-24 in Detroit are disconnected - neither working or in school, significantly impacting their ability to achieve economic self-sufficiency. ![]() Now, as the youth unemployment rate has dropped to 9%, Detroit is the epicenter of a burgeoning youth employment ecosystem. Even with the wealth of new jobs, opportunities for youth in Detroit’s most vulnerable neighborhoods remain a challenge. ![]() Just a few years ago, stories like Jhamir and Kylie’s were rare in Detroit, which had one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the country. ![]()
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