they found newbridge. >> so each one of you have different strengths. >> axelrod: a 20-year-old public/private partnership that helps drop-outs earn a high school diploma and places them in schools and jobs. >> these young adults are the ones that we've pushed aside. >> axelrod: robert parker is the newbridge c.e.o. >> but that's very short-sighted. they're going to collect food stamps and they're not going to be taxpayers. in a sense we're investing in these people in order for them to pay back. >> and then we move up the top. >> axelrod: brian wells, a recent newbridge graduate, is at 19 already paying it bang. >> i feel like i'm 100% where i should be. >> axelrod: newbridge helped place this high school drop-out at a top automotive school and then provide job leads. wells is now a mechanic at a mercedes dealership. >> i got my self-confidence. i can get this. i can do this. it's no longer i can't. >> axelrod: which perfectly sums up nick andino's future, as well, future chef nick andino. >> i feel it's great to know that i will be going to college soon, and i will get a job that i w