Inspire and prepare young people to succeed

Junior Achievement Helps Prepare Today's Students for a Bright Future

How you can get started

Junior Achievement of Central Ohio provides several ways that you can get involved whether you’re someone looking to volunteer, part of a district or school looking for educational materials, or part of a business looking to help us expand the reach of our mission.

Volunteers

In-person or Virtual you can Volunteer with Junior Achievement and make a profound difference in the youth of our community.

Volunteers, begin here

Schools and Parents

Junior Achievement provides activities, guides, thought leadership and lots of additional resources to support learning.

Schools and Parents, begin here

Partners

Junior Achievement partners with corporations and individuals to fund the programs that are delivered to our local students.

Partners, begin here

JA of Central Ohio Spotlight

JA Financial Literacy Course

JA Financial Literacy is a one-semester teacher-led course that fulfills Ohio Senate Bill 1- Financial Literacy Half-Unit Course requirements and is 100% aligned with the new standards.

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JA Financial Literacy Course

JA Inspire Career Fair 2023

Where: Lausche Building, Ohio Expo Center

When: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 8:00 AM

JA Inspire is an experiential career-pathway program for high school students brought to life by our region’s employers.

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JA Inspire Career Fair 2023

Why JA? And Why Now? Financial Literacy as a Foundation for a Better Life

At Junior Achievement, we view financial literacy as “the other literacy.” Just like reading or writing, we all deal with money on a near daily basis. Junior Achievement employs a pathways approach to teaching financial literacy to young people. By “pathways,” we mean that JA programs are designed to engage students on the subject over multiple grades, from their first days in kindergarten, throughout their K-12 years, preparing them for the transition to post-secondary education or work.

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JA of Central Ohio Scholarship

Junior Achievement of Central Ohio awards scholarships to two graduating high school seniors who have plans to attend an institute of higher learning or technical training. These scholarships are funded in part by and are given in honor of the Laureates of Junior Achievement’s Central Ohio Business Hall of Fame.

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Students Reached Locally
2021-2022

622

Classes Locally
2021-2022

1692

Volunteers Locally
2021-2022

136

Schools Reached Locally
2021-2022

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Contact Hours Locally
2021-2022