ISLES

Founded in 1981, Isles, Inc. is a community development and environmental organization based in Trenton, New Jersey. With a mission to foster self-reliant families and healthy, sustainable communities, we design and develop effective services that support this mission and share what we learn with others who can make a difference... Isles offers multiple pathways to self-reliance. We offer tools and training to improve credit, earn a GED, gain job-readiness skills, convert vacant lots to gardens, target abandoned and substandard land and buildings for rehabilitation and cleanup, and create redevelopment plans. In each case, we research and develop innovative, practical solutions, offer them to the community, learn from the outcomes, then use what we learn to influence others... In Trenton, many students drop out of high school for a range of reasons, including the need for income to care for children, siblings, or relatives with disabilities, frustration with their own poor academic..

Also known as: ISLES, INC.

Primary location: Trenton United States