Enroll our first 100 teens
Open enrollment, run community intake nights, and welcome our founding cohort of members with families walking beside them.
Year 1 Goals
Ambitious. Honest. Built to be measured.
The Kickback Youth Initiative is a brand-new organization in Rome, Georgia. We haven't reported outcomes yet because we haven't earned them yet — these are the goals we're chasing in our first year. Track them with us.
By the numbers
Our Year 1 targets.
Every number below is a young person, a family, or a shift we're working to earn.
100
Teens enrolled
Progress · updated quarterly
40
Mentor matches
Progress · updated quarterly
1,500
Tutoring hours delivered
Progress · updated quarterly
8,000
Meals & snacks served
Progress · updated quarterly
25
Jobs & paid internships
Progress · updated quarterly
1,200
Community-service hours
Progress · updated quarterly
15
Certifications earned
Progress · updated quarterly
60
Families walked alongside
Progress · updated quarterly
Focus areas
What we're actually building.
Match 40 mentors 1:1
Recruit, screen, background-check, and train mentors — then match them with teens for consistent weekly check-ins.
Serve daily meals & snacks
No teen learns hungry. We're standing up a kitchen, food-partner pipeline, and after-school meal service from day one.
Launch the Hustle Lab
Kick off entrepreneurship cohorts so teens can earn real income legally — lawn care, detailing, content, coding, and clothing brands.
Open the Learning Center
Financial literacy, job readiness, and life-skills courses with certificates, badges, and progress tracking.
Build a safe online community
Launch our monitored community platform for members, mentors, and families — safety-first, always.
How we'll report
Transparency is the plan.
Quarterly updates
Public progress on every Year 1 goal — hit, missed, or in progress.
Annual impact report
Our first full report will publish at the end of Year 1 with outcomes, financials, and lessons learned.
Honest, not polished
We share what worked and what didn't. Community trust is worth more than a shiny number.
Help us hit Year 1.
Sponsor a mentor match. Fund a meal week. Underwrite a Hustle Lab cohort. Every gift moves a target from red to green.