The 95 finalists, listed below, were selected by an expert review panel to progress to the Stage 2 virtual accelerator. During Stage 2, these finalists had access to resources and support from subject matter experts to help them refine their program designs. Read the finalist announcement.
A
Alabama
- Bishop State Community College
- Coastal Alabama Community College
- Enterprise State Community College
- Wallace Community College Adult Education
C
California
- Charles A. Jones Career and Education Center (CAJ)
- Los Angeles Southwest College/ LA Community College District
- Mt. San Antonio College
- Oakland Adult and Career Education (OACE)
- Proteus, Inc.
- Roseville Adult School
- Tamalpais Adult School
- Vallejo City Unified School District- Regional Education Center
Colorado
- Jefferson County Public Schools
Connecticut
- EASTCONN
- EdAdvance/Foothills Adult & Continuing Education
- Manchester Adult & Continuing Education
F
Florida
- ACE of Palm Beach County, FL
- Florida Department of Corrections
- School Board of Orange County, Florida
- The School District of Lee County
I
Illinois
- Community College District 502 – College of DuPage
- Joliet Junior College
- Malcolm X College, City Colleges of Chicago
- McHenry County College
- Safer Foundation
Indiana
- Marian University
- River Valley Resources, Inc
Iowa
- Northeast Iowa Community College
K
Kansas
- Hutchinson Community College
- Kansas City Kansas Community College
Kentucky
- Jefferson County Public Schools – Jefferson Skills U
M
Maryland
- Frederick Community College
- Maryland Department of Labor, Correctional Education
Massachusetts
- El Centro – Catholic Charities
- Hampden County Sheriff’s Department (hereinafter HCSD)
- Holyoke Community College
Michigan
- Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
- Literacy Center of West Michigan
- Southwest Economic Solutions (SWSOL.org)
- Troy Continuing Education
- Zaman International
Minnesota
- Minnesota Department of Corrections
Montana
- Montana Department of Corrections/MCE
N
Nevada
- Truckee Meadows Community College
New Hampshire
- Dover Adult Learning Center of Strafford County
- New Hampshire Department of Corrections
New Jersey
- NJ Dept. of Corrections
New Mexico
- ABQ Adult Learning Center, Inc. (ABQ-ALC)
- Central New Mexico Community College
- New Mexico Corrections Department–Penitentiary of New Mexico
- Taos Education & Career Center, University of New Mexico-Taos
New York
- Capital Region BOCES
- LaGuardia Community College
- Lehman College Adult Learning Center, CUNY
- Questar IIII BOCES
North Carolina
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- Central Carolina Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- Nash Community College
- Pitt Community College Transitional Studies Department
- Reading Connections, Inc.
- Wake Technical Community College
O
Ohio
- Cincinnati Adult Education Solutions – Aspire Program
- Lorain County Community College
- Miami Valley Career Technology Center
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC)
Oregon
- Mt. Hood Community College
P
Pennsylvania
- Chester County Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC), Inc
- Community Learning Center
- Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy
- Lincoln IU12
- Northampton Community College
- Tuscarora Intermediate Unit
- YWCA Tri-County Area
V
Virginia
- Amherst County Public Schools
- Newport News Public Schools/Peninsula Regional Education Program (PREP)
W
Washington
- South Seattle College
Washington D.C.
- Academy of Hope Adult Public Charter School
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc.
- Four Walls Career and Technical Education Center
- So Others Might Eat Center for Employment Training
Wisconsin
- Gateway Technical College
- Latino Academy of Workforce Development
- Literacy Services of Wisconsin
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC)
- Waukesha County Technical College
Wyoming
- Laramie County Community College