HOPA
A social-technological infrastructure for narrowing gaps and advancing social mobility in Israeli society
The program accompanies all students of at-risk youth schools, including through military or national service and into early adulthood. Each teen receives personally tailored support according to their needs.
The program addresses three main areas: reducing dropout from every system in a young person's life, through high school, military or national service, and higher or vocational education; building a profession matched to each person's abilities, with a future horizon and an experience of success; and giving tools for integration into society, from social norms to closing police files.
At its core, the project works to lift young people out of the cycle of welfare dependence.