Future Plans aims to clear a waitlist of about 17,000 Ohioans by funding access to its five-step Assessment-to-Placement process, delivering individualized coaching, career exploration, and connections to education and employment.
Future Plans identified roughly 17,000 Ohioans on a waitlist for its Assessment, and launched the 17,000 Futures Campaign to close that gap.
The organization’s five-step model — Assess, Coach, Discover, Prepare, Place — begins with a personalized assessment that maps strengths, interests, values and natural abilities.
Future Plans focuses on rural Ohio (and now West Virginia), partnering with schools, employers, nonprofits and healthcare and workforce entities to build local pipelines to education and employment.
# What the campaign is
# Why this matters locally
Future Plans targets rural communities in Ohio where residents often have untapped potential but limited starting points for career planning. The organization says demand for its five-step process has outpaced its capacity, creating a single waitlist of thousands. The campaign aims to remove that initial barrier.
# The five-step process
Future Plans describes a sequence that begins with a structured assessment and ends with placement into employment or education pathways:
The assessment is presented as the gateway to this process: it uncovers what a person can do next and makes coaching and preparation more focused.
# Who is being asked to support the campaign
# Geographic scope and partners
# Organizational mission and capacity note
Future Plans presents its vision as reducing poverty by helping individuals recognize potential, identify a path, and connect to opportunities that strengthen individuals, families and communities. The campaign was launched because demand for their services has grown faster than their ability to serve everyone immediately.
# How to learn more or support
The release directs interested parties to FuturePlans.org and references the 17,000 Futures Campaign page for details and support options. Contact information listed for Future Plans includes Lindsy Swift, EVP of Marketing, Communications & PR, with email and phone provided in the release.
Denise Reading, CEO of Future Plans: "Seventeen thousand isn't just a number. It represents 17,000 individuals with strengths, potential, and a future ahead of them. Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. This campaign is about putting that first step within reach."
Brock Brewster, Superintendent: "I've seen firsthand how Future Plans helps students discover their strengths, find direction, and build brighter futures. The impact is changing lives in our schools, strengthening our workforce, and creating new opportunities across Ohio."
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