. >> reporter: at 18, brandon jordan was a high school dropout. homeless but not hopeless. >> i wanted more for myself but did not have the opportunity., but that all changed. while working at panera last summer, he saw an ad for year up. he applied to the nonprofit which offers young adults training and an internship in it, finance and other areas. >> it seems too good to be true when you hear about it. >> reporter: more than six point 5,000,016 to 24-year-olds in the u.s. are not in school or working. almost 1/3 of them are black. year up which offers a stipend and college credit to each participant is aimed at helping these so-called opportunity youth. and professional skills including the importance of showing up on time. they will get a stipend for every day they attend class, that they will lose points and money if they are late. dress unprofessionally or failed to complete assignments, and if they lose too many points, they are out. >> we believe that you are hired for skills but fired poor behavior. >> reporter: this man found it year up i

. >> reporter: at 18, brandon jordan was a high school dropout, homeless but not hopeless. >> i ended up realizing that i need to do what i need to do. >> reporter: he eventually got a ged and an apartment with friends in atlanta. he took some college courses, but didn't have the money to finish. >> i wanted more for myself. but i didn't quite have the opportunity. while working at a panera last up. he applied for the program which offers young adults training and a corporate internship. >> it seems too good to be true when you first hear about it. >> reporter: more than 6.5 million 16 to 20-year-olds in working. almost one third of them are black. year-up, which offers a stipend and college credit to each participant, is aimed at helping these so-called opportunity youth. students go through a six-month boot camp, learning technical and professional skills, including the importance of showing up on time. they'll get a stipend for every day they attend class, but they'll lose points and money if they're late. dress unprofessionally or fail to complete assignments. and if they lose too

what i was going to eat, there were times where i didn't know where i was going to sleep" at 18, brandon jordan was a high school dropout... homeless... but not "i wanted more for myself but i didn't quite have the opportunity" but that all changed while working at a fast food restaurant last summer, he saw an ad for year up jordan - now 24 - applied to the non- profit, which offers low-income young adults six months of training and a six- month corporate internship in information technology, finance or customer service. "it just seems too good to be true when you hear about it" more than 6 and half million 16 to 24 year olds in the u.s. are not in school or working. almost one-third of them are black. year up - which offers a daily stipend and college credit to each participant -- is aimed at helping these so-called "opportunity youth." "students go through a 6-month bootcamp, learning technical and professional skills, including the importance of showing up on time. they'll get a stipend for every day they attend class, but they'll lose points, and money, if they're late, dress unprofessional

. >> reporter: at 18 brandon jordan was a high school dropout, homeless but not hopeless. >> i wanted more for myself. but i didn't quite have the opportunity. >> reporter: but that all changed. while working at a panera last summer, he saw an ad for year up. jordan, now 24, applied to the nonprofit which offers low income young adults training and a corporate internship in i.t., finance and other areas. >> it just seems too good to be true when you first hear about it. >> reporter: more than 6.5 million 16 to 24-year-olds in the u.s. are not in school or working. almost one-third of them are black. year up, which offers a stipend and college credit to each participate is aimed at helping these so-called opportunity youths. students go through a six-month boot camp learning technical and professional skills including the importance of showing up on time. they'll get a stipend for every day they attend class, but they'll lose points and money if they're late. dress unprofessionally or fail to complete assignments, and if they lose too many points, they're out. >> year up fundamentally

. >> reporter: at 18, brandon jordan was a high school dropout. homeless but not hopeless. >> i wanted more for myself but i didn't quite have the opportunity. >> reporter: that all changed while parking at a panera last summer he saw an add for gear up. he applied to the non-profit which offers low income young adults training and kompt internship in i.t., finance and other areas. >> it seems too good to be true when you first hear about it. >> reporter: more than 6.5 million 16 to 24-year-olds in the u.s. are not in school or working. almost one-third of them are black. year up, which offers a stipend and college credit to each participant, is aimed at helping these so-called opportunity youths. students go through a six-month boot camp, learning technical and professional skills, including the importance of showing up on time. they'll get a stipend for every day they attend class but they'll lose points and money if they're late. dress unprofessionally or fail to complete assignments, and if they lose too many points they're out. >> year up bel

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