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So, what exactly is the Excel Center?  Primarily, the Center is a workforce development program that allows adults to complete their high school diplomas. Starting in Indiana, in 2010 almost 10,000 adults without a high school diploma have gone on to graduate. This has resulted in a 31% decrease in…

Let's take a look at the numbers... In the last completed census of 2020,  there were 37,948 working-aged adults in Monroe County without a high school diploma. We can get an idea of where these numbers come from by taking a glance at dropout data. In the last eight years, 4,429 children have…

By the age of 18, more than 60% of adults report having experienced at least one Acute Childhood Experience (ACE) during their formative years. An ACE can come in a variety of forms from the experience of violence, abuse or neglect to the loss of a parent to suicide, early death or prison. While…