Our Team

The GradePay team brings together experienced educators, workforce experts, and community leaders with decades of combined work in education, employment, and youth empowerment. United by a mission to reduce poverty, we’ve spent over 15 years developing GradePay—a program that equips young people with financial literacy and real-world skills to build secure, purposeful, and opportunity-filled futures.

SERVICES WE OFFER

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Financial Literacy

As part of the program, students receive a simulated bi-weekly paycheck that assigns a monetary value to their academic performance and attendance. This hands-on approach helps students understand how work habits, responsibility, and consistency—like showing up on time and doing quality work—translate to real-world compensation. Additionally, it also introduces a wide range of financial literacy concepts such as earnings, deductions, budgeting, saving, and investing.

Work Skills

Students develop the essential skills needed for long-term success in the workplace, including communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and personal responsibility. Alongside these core competencies, they also learn the importance of consistent performance, attendance, and professionalism. Students are introduced to financial concepts such as compensation, pay deductions—including taxes, benefits, and investments—helping them understand how income and employment impact their financial future.

The Next Generation

Students graduate better prepared for the workforce, equipped with essential skills like communication, problem-solving, and professionalism. They gain valuable financial literacy—learning how to earn, save, budget, and make informed decisions about money. They enter adulthood with the confidence and knowledge to succeed both on the job and in managing their personal finances, while also developing the habits and mindset needed to become dependable, stable employees who add lasting value to the organizations they join.

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