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ACP is continually aiming to engage higher numbers of veterans and active duty military spouses in yearlong, customized mentorships. To the best of ACP's knowledge, there is no other organization which pairs post-9/11 veterans in customized, high-touch mentorships for a yearlong experience. ACP's initial goal was to serve 3,000 transitioning service members . Since 2010, 19,000+ veterans have successfully completed ACP mentorships in addition to the 5,000+ currently being mentored. ACP is also hoping to attract additional advisors and veterans to its online forum, ACP AdvisorNet, which currently has tens of thousands of users.

To increase our number of participating Mentors, ACP engages large Fortune 500 companies as Corporate Partners. Corporate Partners provide an annual financial grant to support the costs of their employees volunteering with ACP. ACP also works to bring smaller companies and individual mentors on board, especially from niche industry areas that are underrepresented in ACP's Program. ACP also seeks to identify organizations, companies, foundations, and individuals who are willing to provide financial support and sponsorship for veterans and military spouses seeking yearlong mentorships. Each mentorship costs ACP $1,000 to facilitate, and donors are asked to consider sponsoring one or more veterans annually to keep these mentorships free for our veteran participants.

ACP's scalable model makes it possible for the organization to address the needs of ancillary populations, such as military spouses and children of fallen service members. ACP is working to identify ways to engage and support those populations more in the future. The organization is also developing internal programs to better assist sub-populations such as female veterans and those dealing with PTS and TBI, for whom seeking meaningful employment can be a challenge. ACP is always looking to approach new strategic initiatives toward this end.

ACP staff facilitates high-touch, yearlong mentorships and has a team of 50+ associates who pair and monitor each one of our 5,000+ mentorships, tracking progress throughout the year and offering support, suggested activities, and resources for mentoring success.

ACP's Corporate Relations and Citizens Program teams are in active dialogue with a roster of current and prospective partners, small associations, trade groups, and individuals who are eager to become mentors or provide funding for our programs. This consistent pipeline of volunteers and financial sponsorship allows ACP to keep its mentorships free for all participants pursuing meaningful, long-term employment through ACP's program.

Simultaneously, our Veteran Outreach Team maintains a steady stream of veteran applicants to the program through dialogues with VSOs, VA networks, schools, and military installations nationwide. These dialogues allow ACP to reach veteran populations across the country prior to their transition from the military, thereby increasing the program's efficacy in helping veterans find meaningful employment and post-military success.

ACP is strengthened by a network of professionals originating from its 100+ Corporate Partners. Throughout the twelve years of the organization's existence, these partnerships have yielded individual relationships between thousands of professionals in the civilian workforce and veterans, all monitored and facilitated by ACP staff members. As such, there exists a rich network of people working to help ACP grow in public awareness and participant numbers, including ACP's diverse Advisory Council and Board of Directors.

ACP has a track record of providing valuable career development mentorships to more than 22,000 post-9/11 veterans. While obtaining a job is not necessarily a focus of the mentorship program, more than 2,328 veterans obtained meaningful employment during the course of their mentorship in 2021. Recently, ACP has begun to track retention, and in our most recent study, we've found that more than 86% of veterans who obtained a job while paired with their mentor are still with that company a year later, a direct result of the mentor assisting the veteran with career exploration, résumé and interview preparation and an understanding of what various roles entail, in order to make an informed decision about a career choice.

ACP has strong financial health, with a stable revenue structure and a high percentage of funding being allocated directly back toward programmatic costs. ACP employs a small but efficiently-utilized team of non-profit professionals who work to ensure satisfaction amongst participants, corporate partners, and donors. ACP has also established a highly scalable structure for growth, which includes malleable internal team structures, and unique technology integration to handle the flow of participant numbers.

When Founder Sid Goodfriend started ACP in 2008, he set a goal of helping 3,000 veterans get the career assistance they needed through mentorship, about the same number whose lives were lost on 9/11. ACP has now assisted 19,000+ veterans who say the program changed their lives.

ACP has also grown from having 6 corporate partners in 2010 to more than 100 corporate partners in 2021, along with a growing Citizens Program that engages individuals in niche career fields as volunteer mentors. The organization has grown from a 3 person staff in 2008 to a 50+ person staff in 2021 and now has a variety of teams working together to influence success in all aspects of the organization's mission and operations.