GOODWILL COLORADO

Denver

News: Goodwill Colorado is preparing to launch The Excel Center, the state’s first tuition-free, public, in-person high school for adults. It will be located in Aurora, in a shopping center at Iliff Avenue and Chambers Road that is owned by Goodwill. A mid-2024 opening is projected.

“Did you know that more than 300,000 Colorado adults are without a high school diploma?” asks Karla Grazier, Goodwill Colorado’s president and chief executive officer. “Many of our future students had to drop out of high school for any one of a myriad of reasons – things like a family member’s illness, a change in circumstances or the need to bring in an income.”

The Excel Center, Grazier adds, “Will drastically change lives by providing students an opportunity to finish a goal many only dreamt of: receiving their high school diploma.”

The Aurora Excel Center will be part of a network of centers located in eight other states and the District of Columbia where graduates have achieved a 39 percent increase in earnings within five years and are 72 percent more likely to be employed than those without a high school diploma.

To further enhance enrollment, Excel Center students will have access to free, on-site, licensed childcare, transportation support, career coaching, flexible class schedules and the ability to transfer enrollment to an Excel Center in another state.

For additional information, visit goodwillexcelcenter.org

About the organization: Goodwill Colorado, established in 1918, provides career development resources and life-skills training to some 127,000 Coloradans annually, including military veterans, seniors, youth and individuals who have a disability or barrier to employment. The programs are funded in large part through income generated by donations, income from Goodwill retail stores, community partnerships and recycling efforts.

Website: goodwillcolorado.org

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