Junior Achievement of the Chisholm Trail is a youth development organization based in Fort Worth, Texas, that serves students in Tarrant, Parker, Johnson, Wise, and Erath counties.  JA is a youth development organization that provides students with hands-on classroom instruction focused on work and college readiness, financial literacy, and drop-out prevention.  Founded in 1956 in Fort Worth, JA of the Chisholm Trail began with 19 sponsoring companies and 285 students.  Since its inception, JA of the Chisholm Trail has grown to over 150 sponsoring companies and 28,900 students annually.     

JA of the Chisholm Trail is a member of JA Worldwide, the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy.  Junior Achievement was founded in the United States in 1919, as a high school afterschool program teaching students how to create and operate a business.  JA Worldwide now has expanded to over 140 U.S. offices and 123 countries around the world and reaches 9.79 million students annually.    

JA’s mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.  Junior Achievement transforms the lives of students by showing them their own potential and making them aware of the world around them.