Start Your Journey With GRIT

34,000+
Students Assessed & Coached
Across Ohio & West Virginia
130+
Schools
Served
50+
Counties Reached
Across Two States

5-Step Journey to Career Success

Assess

Discover your strengths, interests, values, and personality traits through the Future Plans Assessment. Gain the self-awareness needed to make confident decisions about your future.

Coach

Work one-on-one with a career coach who helps you understand your results, set goals, overcome barriers, and create a personalized path forward.

Discover

Explore career pathways, education options, and opportunities that align with your unique strengths, interests, and goals.

Prepare

Build the skills, knowledge, and experience needed for success through training, credentials, internships, apprenticeships, or post-secondary education.

Place

Take the next step by securing employment, enrolling in education or training, or pursuing a career pathway that supports your long-term goals and financial independence.

Start Your Journey With GRIT

About GRIT

The GRIT Project (Growing Rural Independence Together) is the flagship workforce development initiative of Future Plans, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping youth and adults discover their strengths, build career pathways, and achieve economic mobility. Future Plans is funded through a combination of public and private grants, corporate and community partnerships, and charitable donations that support assessments, coaching, career exploration, and workforce development opportunities.