Governor Polis visited Opportunity Now grantee CrossPurpose to see firsthand how Opportunity Now investments are strengthening Colorado’s workforce and creating new career pathways for Coloradans.

When Jason Janz moved into Five Points a decade and a half ago, he hadn’t planned to dedicate his life to helping families get out of generational poverty. But then he got to know Tiffany Johnson.

Across from the Anschutz Medical Campus in the heart of Aurora, the sounds of construction reverberate through the streets.

To Jason Janz, they are the sounds of a bright future for hundreds of Aurorans who will move into the under-construction affordable housing complex next year and begin free career training classes at the same facility.