Future Plans (Newbury, OH)

Future Plans is a nonprofit organization that helps individuals and communities align talent, training and opportunity.

Founded in Ohio, Future Plans developed a data‑driven career discovery and coaching model that supports individuals at any stage of life in identifying their strengths, exploring education and training pathways and connecting to in‑demand, living‑wage careers. Through partnerships with schools, workforce systems, employers and community organizations, Future Plans helps regions build stronger, more resilient talent pipelines.

While its early work focused on Ohio communities, Future Plans is scaling its tools and practices to support partners beyond Ohio who are addressing similar workforce, economic, and educational challenges.

What they do:

Future Plans combines talent data, personalized coaching and cross‑sector collaboration to support individuals and inform workforce and education decisions at the community and systems level.

Its work includes:

• A comprehensive career assessment that measures interests, aptitudes and work values
• Coaching practices that guide individuals through goal setting, career planning and next steps
• Data‑informed insights that help educators, workforce leaders, employers and policymakers align training investments with labor market demand

Through these approaches, Future Plans helps turn insight into action—supporting both individual success and regional economic vitality.

Flagship work:

Future Plans’ flagship initiatives apply its career discovery and coaching model across education and workforce systems, supporting students, adults and communities through personalized pathways and shared data.

These initiatives are designed to be community‑driven, adaptable and scalable—allowing partners to respond to local needs while benefiting from a proven, evidence‑based framework.