STRIVE provides job training and placement in long-term unemployed urban youth and minority youth. This case is described as community STRIVE creation, one-for-profit site in Harlem in 1984, the development of its service model (short, intense "tough love" job readiness training, rapid deployment and long-term follow-up), and its early expansion through a group of affiliated social Service in New York, and the creation of new independent aims in four other U.S. cities. Decision point in June 1997, when the emergence of the social security reform and a very favorable light on "60 Minutes" has led to an explosion of interest and requirements for the organization. "Hide
by Robert Burakoff Source: Harvard Business School 21 pages. Publication Date: September 24, 1998. Prod. #: 399054-PDF-ENG