About Us

Birmingham Promise provides up to four years of tuition assistance for graduates of Birmingham City Schools to attend any public two-year or four-year college or university in Alabama. The program also provides students with coaches to help them succeed in college. Since its inception in 2020, the program has provided $17 million in tuition assistance and other supports to 2,017 Birmingham graduates.

Birmingham Promise also offers an internship program that allows Birmingham City Schools seniors to earn $15 an hour, get job experience and begin building professional networks that will benefit them throughout their careers. To date, 508 Birmingham students have participated in this program, gaining work experience with 80 local employers in targeted industries.

Our Mission

Our mission is to support and prepare every Birmingham City School student to achieve economic security, mobility, and prosperity. We do this by providing high-quality work experiences in the form of internships and apprenticeships. We also reduce the cost of postsecondary education for students from all academic backgrounds. We operate with a relentless student-centric and asset-based approach to ensure that all of Birmingham’s talent is connected to opportunity.

students have participated in the work-learning program.

graduates have been supported by The Birmingham Promise.

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in tuition assistance has been generated to date.

Our Vision

We envision a world in which every Birmingham City School student is supported and prepared to pursue a postsecondary option that will lead to economic security, mobility, and prosperity.

Our Values

We center on student well-being

We measure our success by community impact

We are honest and we work with integrity

We are driven by results

We operate with respect for all

We work as a team to tackle challenges

We believe everyone deserves economic opportunity

Meet our team overseeing the critical work that happens in Birmingham

meet the team