Cox Charities recently awarded $150,000 in grants to 35 local non-profit organizations that support Southern Nevada’s children, families and/or education, including programs focused on S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). JA was one of those organizations.

Caesars Foundation donates $25,000 to Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada to help students in our community receive critical financial literacy training

The workforce skills gap has a significant impact on our nation's productivity, economy, and global competitiveness. Junior Achievement is addressing it, by teaching students how to apply the knowledge they learn in the classroom to real-world problems and equipping them with the skills they need to be college- and career-ready.

As a complement to its focus on helping all students understand the importance of staying in school, Junior Achievement is helping to positively impact one of the biggest economic and social issues facing our country—the high school graduation rate. Read about JA’s comprehensive study to develop a model focused on increasing this important metric.

Junior Achievement USA and the National Chamber Foundation recently conducted the first-ever national survey of high school juniors’ views of entrepreneurship, free enterprise and capitalism. See what the next generation of entrepreneurs had to say. Read the results here.

Public education needs all the help it can get. Here’s how to lend a hand.

Watch news coverage of what Junior Achievement is all about and how we help students learn the importance of budget planning.

Origin and Impact have been commissioned by JA Worldwide to provide students and volunteers/educators with a better perspective of the evolution of the present crisis, its impact on the economy, and lessons learned.

We are passionate about making sure every child in Southern Nevada receives the economic and financial education they deserve. Our goal is to eventually reach all 300,000 kids. With your help, we can make this a reality.