Our priority

Youth and emerging adulthood development is the center of our work.

We partner with schools, colleges, universities, youth organizations, and employers to prepare young people for adulthood and strengthen the systems guiding what comes next.

Partnership pathways

Choose the pathway that reflects your organization.

Each partnership begins with your goals, the young people you serve, and the support already in place. Select an organization type for a focused view of how we can work together.

Secondary education

Help students build confidence before the next transition.

We work with school leaders, counselors, educators, and student support teams to make personal development a meaningful part of college, career, and life readiness.

Ways to work together

Student cohorts and workshops
Mentorship and career exposure
Learning experiences for educators and advisors

When funding is needed

We can help identify aligned funding prospects and strengthen the partnership story, intended outcomes, and outreach materials.

Discuss a School Partnership

College partnerships

Strengthen belonging and readiness beyond graduation.

We support college partners serving students who are balancing education, work, identity, independence, finances, and major life decisions.

Ways to work together

First generation and emerging adult programs
Career navigation and student leadership
Mentorship, networks, and employer exposure

When funding is needed

We can help connect the work to student success and workforce priorities while identifying prospective grants, sponsors, and community partners.

Discuss a College Partnership

University partnerships

Build a stronger bridge from academic achievement to adult success.

We collaborate across student affairs, career services, academic programs, alumni networks, and institutional leadership to create connected development pathways.

Ways to work together

Campus emerging adulthood initiatives
Leadership and professional identity cohorts
Mentorship, alumni, and employer partnerships

When funding is needed

We can help shape a fundable initiative, identify aligned prospects, and develop a clear case for institutional or external support.

Discuss a University Partnership

Community based partners

Expand program depth while protecting trusted relationships.

We work alongside youth serving organizations to strengthen existing programs, add focused developmental experiences, and support the adults delivering the work.

Ways to work together

Customized youth and emerging adult cohorts
Leadership, voice, and confidence workshops
Program design and staff development

When funding is needed

We can research aligned opportunities and support clear program language, outcomes, partnership outreach, and budget readiness.

Discuss a Youth Partnership

Workforce partners

Invest in emerging talent before the first day of employment.

We help employers connect young people to professional exposure, mentorship, workplace knowledge, and early career opportunity.

Ways to work together

Career exposure and workplace readiness
Employee mentorship and volunteer engagement
Early talent and community partnership strategy

When funding is needed

We can help structure sponsorship and collaborative funding approaches that align workforce, community investment, and social impact priorities.

Discuss an Employer Partnership

Not sure where to begin?

Start with a conversation about your goals and the young people you want to support.

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Funding support may include research, strategy, partnership development, and application readiness. PISM+PRIM does not guarantee grant awards, sponsorships, or other funding.

One connected model

PISM develops the person. PRIM strengthens the pathway.

Our direct programming helps youth and emerging adults build identity, confidence, voice, mentorship relationships, leadership, and readiness.

Our institutional consulting helps the adults and organizations around them create stronger access, exposure, partnerships, and support.

Youth development first

Start with the next generation. Strengthen every pathway around them.

Choose a service area to see how we support young people directly and help institutions turn good intentions into coordinated action.

The heart of our work

Youth and Emerging Adult Development

Developmental experiences that help young people understand themselves, use their voice, build relationships, practice leadership, and prepare for education, work, adulthood, and community life.

Explore our youth program portfolio

Identity and self awareness
Confidence and self advocacy
Communication and emotional intelligence
Mentorship and social capital
Leadership practice and accountability
Career and educational exploration
Professional exposure and networking
Emerging adulthood education

PISM develops the person

Executive and Career Coaching

Personalized coaching that helps professionals clarify direction, strengthen leadership identity, communicate with confidence, and navigate growth with intention.

Leadership identity and executive presence
Career clarity and transition strategy
Confidence and decision making
Professional branding and communication
Workplace navigation and self advocacy
Interview preparation and advancement
Strategic thinking and influence
Accountability and performance coaching

PRIM strengthens the system

Organizational Development and Capacity Building

Strategic support for organizations that need stronger systems, clearer roles, better communication, and infrastructure that can sustain meaningful growth.

Organizational assessments
Systems and process design
Strategic planning
Leadership and team development
Culture and communication strategy
Standard operating procedures
Accountability structures
Implementation roadmaps

Build a stronger pipeline

Workforce Strategy

Workforce solutions that help employers attract, prepare, engage, develop, and retain emerging professionals and future leaders.

Talent pipeline development
Early career hiring and retention
Workforce readiness strategy
Mentorship program design
Employee engagement strategy
Manager development
Employer and education partnerships
Talent assessment and planning

Collaboration over competition

Community Capacity Building

Partnership and planning support that helps schools, nonprofits, employers, civic leaders, and community organizations move toward shared impact.

Community needs assessments
Asset mapping
Partnership development
Cross sector collaboration
Stakeholder engagement
Community convenings
Collaborative planning
Impact measurement and evaluation

An abstract development ecosystem with a growing center connected to distinct pathways for confidence, voice, relationships, leadership, and opportunity

For educational partners

Extend student development beyond the classroom.

We help schools and colleges strengthen the transition into adulthood through customizable cohorts, leadership experiences, mentorship, professional exposure, staff development, measurable outcomes, and a final showcase that connects young people with supportive adults and institutions.

Discuss an institutional partnership

Signature youth portfolio

Development for young people and the adults who support them.

Flexible cohort and professional learning experiences can be delivered in person, virtually, or through a hybrid model.

Whole person development

PISM Youth Advancement Cohort

A six to eight week experience focused on identity, confidence, voice, emotional intelligence, mentorship, career clarity, relationships, and a personalized plan for what comes next.

Youth and emerging adults

Leadership in practice

PISM Emerging Leaders Cohort

An advanced six to eight week experience that develops influence, communication, trust, teamwork, conflict navigation, ethical decision making, accountability, and the ability to lead change.

Ages 16 to 24

Professional learning

Emerging Adult Development Institute

A six module professional learning and capacity building series for educators, mentors, advisors, youth professionals, administrators, and workforce partners.

For youth serving professionals

Bring a cohort, institute, or customized partnership to your school or organization.

Discuss a Partnership

The PISM+PRIM approach

Assess. Design. Develop. Implement. Measure.

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