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In its most recent Colorado Talent Pipeline Report, the Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC) offers a collection of strategies, investments, and policy recommendations in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief among them are a call for reskilling and upskilling the workforce in order to facilitate an equitable economic recovery. To meet emerging shifts in employer demand, the CDWC specifically calls out the need to develop digital literacy skills, agile thinking and lifelong learning skills.
Comcast through its partnership with YouthBiz, a program of Young Americans Center for Financial Education, is dedicated to helping Colorado students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, acquire essential digital literacy skills. This support specifically includes helping students with website development, app coding, digital marketing and information/data analysis. The know-how students develop to use technology will help them thrive in the future workforce.
Comcast has a longstanding commitment to advancing digital equity, closing the digital divide, and addressing both digital literacy and the homework gap. Through its support of YouthBiz, the organization is accomplishing these goals by helping underrepresented populations create financially viable new venture opportunities by removing the largest barriers of education and access to mentors and networks.
“At Comcast, we make a difference in our local communities by investing in organizations across Colorado, such as Young Americans Center for Financial Education, to drive positive, substantive change. One of our key community impact focus areas is around investing in efforts that increase technology access and expand digital skills. We’ve been a long-time partner of Young Americans, as we believe in supporting their programs, like YouthBiz, that open new doors to opportunity for local youth. The innovative, entrepreneurial skills our youth learn through their programs help these Colorado entrepreneurs succeed in an increasingly digital world.” – Mary Spillane, Director of Community Impact, Comcast Mountain West Region.
About YouthBiz. YouthBiz combines entrepreneurship education with unique wrap-around services which are purposefully designed to equip low-income and at-risk Colorado youth with the business skills, mindset, and drive to shape their own successful futures. Young Americans Center for Financial Education’s fastest growing division, YouthBiz programs include StartUp, Out-of-the-Box, Marketplace and Stars.
About Comcast. Comcast has come a long way since its beginnings as a single-system cable operator in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1963. Today, Comcast is a leader in the worlds of media, entertainment and technology and our story has unfolded due to an entrepreneurial spirit that is the foundation of everything we do. Comcast creates incredible technology and entertainment that connects millions of people to the moments and experiences that matter most.
