Beyond Talent serves non-traditional high school graduates by offering three innovative programs:

• College and Career Counseling
• Peer Mentoring
• College Readiness

Beyond Talent's program participants are GED graduates who are referred by our community partners that provide GED preparation and other educational services.

College and Career Counseling

Beyond Talent readies top GED graduates for post-seconday education, or for the workplace

On the other hand, if the graduate decides to seek full-time employment right away, Beyond Talent assists with job searching, resume writing, and interviewing skills, following through with the graduate to support him throughout the process.

Peer Mentoring Program

Community- and faith-based partner organizations recommend their program participants who have earned GEDs or EDPs for the Beyond Talent program. Beyond Talent recruits these graduates to volunteer at least five hours per week as “mentors” to individuals pursuing their GEDs. In return, Beyond Talent empowers these mentors to overcome financial, practical, intellectual, and emotional barriers to higher education. For example, Beyond Talent mentors transition to college with guidance from Beyond Talent volunteers. Beyond Talent equips them for success and consistently supports them until they have completed at least one semester of college, instilling in our mentors that they are deserving of their success by dispelling the myth that non-traditional graduates are “not college material.” Most importantly, the mentors become a support network for each other and future generations.

College Readiness Program

These students were among the first to participate in Beyond Talent's College Readiness Program at Southeatern University.

At the end of 8 weeks, the students are ready to enroll in freshman classes and complete the critical first semesters of college. In addition, Beyond Talent supports them through the application process to at least three postsecondary programs or institutions. In addition to providing weekly college readiness and life skills workshops, Beyond Talent provides case management and individualized support for each participant, during the program and beyond.