Aims Community College
www.aims.edu
Aims Community College offers more than 130 degree and certificate programs on campuses in Greeley, Fort Lupton and Loveland, and about 4,000 day, evening, weekend and online courses annually. Whatever the goal from starting a degree to finishing one, learning an occupation to securing one, a career boost to a career change, a hobby to a life skill, students receive personal attention from supportive, professional faculty and staff.
AVID
http://www.avid.org/
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four-year colleges. Although AVID serves all students, it focuses on the least served students in the academic middle. The formula is simple – raise expectations of students and, with the AVID support system in place, they will rise to the challenge.
College Assist
www.college-assist.com
College Assist, a national guarantee agency in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), is dedicated to helping students, parents and schools navigate college financing, from start to finish, quickly and easily. We offer products, services and solutions—in short, all the tools you need to complete your college financing. We are large enough to accommodate all your needs, yet small enough to give you the individual attention you deserve! College Assist is proud of its more than 30 years of service to students. We have helped more than one million students achieve their educational goals.
College In Colorado
www.collegeincolorado.org
Colorado ranks in the top five states nationwide for the greatest number of degree holders per capita, yet only one in five Colorado ninth-grade students will earn a college degree, ranking the state in the bottom quartile nationally. The State of Colorado initiated College In Colorado as a statewide effort to improve college access and change expectations about college for all Colorado students. A cornerstone of the campaign, CollegeInColorado.org, offers a onestop resource to help students and parents plan, apply and pay for college.
Colorado Council for Economic Education
www.ccee.net
The mission of the Colorado Council for Economic Education (CCEE) is to meet this need by promoting and improving economic literacy in Colorado’s schools. The most effective way to provide economic education to the largest number of students is to enhance the knowledge of their teachers. The Colorado Council for Economic Education accomplishes its mission by offering a wide variety of economics classes for teachers and providing teachers with numerous economic education curriculum resources for their classroom.
The Colorado Jump$tart Coalition
www.cojumpstart.org
The Colorado Jump$tart Coalition is a nonprofit organization with more than 30 organizations and individuals representing business, government and education throughout the state of Colorado. The coalition has joined together to improve the personal financial literacy of Colorado youth by:
- Raising awareness of personal financial literacy.
- Enhancing professional development of Colorado educators on financial literacy issues.
- Coordinating and promoting communication and cooperation among coalition members.
- Supporting personal financial education legislation.
Community Credit Counseling Services
www.community-credit.org
A local (Denver area) non-profit organization dedicated to providing financial education and credit counseling to residents of Colorado with a mission of helping individuals and families achieve economic stability and financial self-sufficiency.
The Council for Economic Education
www.councilforeconed.org
The Council for Economic Education offers comprehensive, best-in-class K-12 economic and personal finance education programs, including the basics of entrepreneurship, consisting of teaching resources across the curriculum, professional development for teachers, and nationally-normed assessment instruments. Each year, the Council's programs reach more than 150,000 K-12 teachers and over 15 million students in the United States and in more than 30 other countries. These programs are delivered through a diversified system: directly from the Council, through a network of affiliated state Councils and university-based Centers for Economic Education, and through other partner organizations.
Diversified Animated Technologies Associates, Inc. (DATA, Inc.)
www.datausa.com
DATA specializes in Web application software and digital visual media: Website development and design with full e-commerce applications, 3D-computer modeling and animation, and multimedia design and development (CD and DVD). We build databases and Content Management Systems, enterprise level Web application software, on-line training programs and offer complete video/audio production and streaming.
Denver Scholarship Foundation
www.denverscholarship.org
The Denver Scholarship Foundation, a 501(c)(3)Public Charity, inspires and empowers Denver Public School students to achieve their post-secondary goals by providing the tools, knowledge and financial resources essential for success.
Financial Planning Association of Colorado
www.cofpa.org
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) of Colorado is a statewide, non-profit, professional association of Certified Financial Planners™ licensees and individuals who champion the financial planning process, which operates under the charter of the Financial Planning Association. It is the membership organization for the financial planning community. Members include individuals and companies who have contributed to building the financial planning profession and all those who champion the financial planning process. Financial Planning Association members are dedicated to supporting the financial planning process in order to help people achieve their goals and dreams. The FPA believes that everyone needs objective advice to make smart financial decisions and that, when seeking the advice of a financial planner, the planner should be a Certified Financial Planner™ licensee.
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Denver Branch
www.kc.frb.org
The Federal Reserve System was created in 1913 following an era marked by financial panics and economic depressions. Its principal goal then was economic stability. This goal is still important today, along with current objectives such as stable prices, high employment, and economic growth. The mission of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is to contribute to the development of monetary policy and foster the stability, integrity, and efficiency of the financial and payments systems so as to promote optimal economic performance. In addition to working toward these aims through its conduct of monetary policy, the Federal Reserve is a bank for banks, a bank for the U.S. government, and a supervisor and regulator of banks. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City offers educational resources on its site at www.federalreserveeducation.org/FRED.
Insurance Information Institute
www.iii.org
The mission of the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) is to improve public understanding of insurance -- what it does and how it works. For more than 40 years, the I.I.I. has provided definitive insurance information. Today, the I.I.I. is recognized by the media, governments, regulatory organizations, universities and the public as a primary source of information, analysis and referral concerning insurance.
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
www.ussc.edu
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs provides unsurpassed, student-centered teaching and learning and outstanding research and creative work that serve our community, state, and nation, and result in our recognition as the premier comprehensive, regional research university in the United States. We empower students to realize their academic goals, develop their career options and provide access to information regarding campus resources.