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  The Arena is a periodic web series where celebrity coaches will listen to business pitches from teen entrepreneurs and then provide constructive feedback and guidance. Junior Achievement is doing this series in partnership with the Brian Hamilton Foundation....

Junior Achievement, with the support of The Hartford, is announcing the launch of the new JA Company Program®. The updated program, which introduces teens to the excitement of conceptualizing, launching, and running their own business in a startup environment, is the...

Congratulations to our students who have been awarded scholarships for the 2019-2020 school year! Karen Colangelo Scholarship – Awarded to Alexia Boccuzzi who will be attending University of Pennsylvania this fall. She was also the student speaker at our Hall of Fame...

JAGFC President Bernadine Venditto was featured on another episode of For the People after her first interview in late April. This time around, she discussed how high school students and their future plans have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and shared how...

Are you aware that more than 18 million employees work for companies with matching gift programs? Did you know that your donation to Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County could be doubled through a matching gift from your employer? Thousands of companies...

Why JA? and Why Now? A Response to the Uncertainty and Inequity Facing Gen Z is a report put together by Junior Achievement USA which showcases how Gen Z has been impacted by the current events happening in our world. This is a life-changing moment in our history....

Here is a message from JAGFC Board Chair, Mike Steinharter:  I have been involved with Junior Achievement - in New York and in Connecticut - for almost 20 years, and have long appreciated its mission: “Junior Achievement (JA) empowers young people to own their...

(Bridgeport, CT) - Roughly half (49%) of Class of 2020 graduating seniors say their plans for after high school have changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey by Junior Achievement (JA) and the PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF). Of those...

A May 2020 report released from Ipsos, one of the world’s leading market research firms, shows that Junior Achievement is making a difference. After interviewing approximately 1,000 JA alumni, results showed that over half of JA alumni have become entrepreneurs...

Many thanks to our partners who promote financial literacy by supporting JA’s digital resources. JAGFC is pivoting to provide creative and unique delivery systems to reach our students, with free online resources available for educators, caregivers, and students....