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Access to Career Pathways Grant Spotlights
Junior Achievement Rocky Mountain
More than 75 percent of Colorado's top jobs require some type of postsecondary education or training past a high school diploma. Junior Achievement Rocky Mountain recently opened the internationally recognized JA Free Enterprise building just a few miles down the road from the Centura Health Training Center to support Colorado students as they dream big and identify pathways to their future.
The Denver Broncos Foundation is helping JA reach 10,000 students annually by funding the JA Dream Accelerator's "Picture Your Strengths" program enabling students to gain further perspectives about how their unique interests and hobbies should inform their journey to identify a career that pays a living wage and is fulfilling. The Daniels Fund JA Dream Accelerator brings careers to life by sharing stories of emerging entrepreneurs and business leaders tailored to each student's interests and aptitudes, motivating them to develop a plan that will empower them and help them launch a meaningful career.
Minds Matter Colorado
Only 1 in 4 Colorado students will attend a four-year college, while 90% of top jobs in Colorado that pay a living wage require post-secondary education. The Denver Broncos Foundation is teaming up with Minds Matter Colorado to ensure more Colorado youth will have access to a four-year college degree and the transformational benefits that degree can bring over a lifetime.
Minds Matter Colorado is working to close the post-secondary education gap through its College Access Mentoring Program. The program combines three years of mentorship with committed college-educated volunteers, weekly college-prep instruction (SAT prep, financial aid education, application support), and access to two summer programs at colleges across the country. Programming is delivered at four different sites in Denver and Aurora and MMCO provides transportation support for students to remove a barrier to access.
Girls Inc. Metro Denver
Nationally, one in four girls will not finish high school on time, and in the districts that Girls Inc. of Metro Denver serves, nearly 1,000 girls (approx. 750 girls of color) are pushed out, and subsequently drop out of high school every year. Girls Inc. of Metro Denver's Career and College Success program provides year-round academic support and programing focused on college and career exploration, planning and successful transitions, with the goal of helping girls learn skills to be healthy, independent, and successful adults.
The Denver Broncos Foundation is providing funding to Girls Inc. of Metro Denver to facilitate college tour trips beyond surrounding states with intentional focus on exposure to Historically Black College and Universities and Hispanic Serving Institutes. Additionally, the Foundation is helping Girls Inc. of Metro Denver add a new externship pathway focused on business and entrepreneurship, increasing the number of girls who participate in summer career exploration and readiness programming.
Access to Career Pathways Grants
