America's Promise Alliance is devoted to helping create the conditions for success for all young people, including the millions currently left behind. Our work is powered by our belief that all children are capable of learning and thriving, and that every individual, institution and sector shares the responsibility to help young people succeed. We are the nation's largest partnership of our kind, bringing together hundreds of national nonprofits, businesses, communities, educators and ordinary citizens behind the idea of making the promise of America accessible to all young people. Far too many young people are growing up without the support they need to succeed in school and life. More than 20 percent of high school students do not graduate on time. Moreover, the most recent estimate is that 5.8 million young people between the ages of 16 and 24 are neither employed nor in school. This lack of opportunity for young people is morally unsustainable, economically unsustainable, and fundamentally inconsistent with our values and aspirations. We believe that putting forward our Five American Promises as a campaign to help all young people succeed at a far more tangible, socially and socially viable rate is at least 90 percent of