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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, would you have a look at this really fantastic
nonprofit And I said, sure, anything you want.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Mike and I went.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Out to visit the Aurora Regional Navigation Campus, which is
operated by Advanced Pathways. And I saw it before they
actually opened, But this is a really big place. It's
a former hotel and convention center, and their aim is
to help thousands of homeless folks each year, up to
(00:26):
six hundred at a time. And I was just so
unbelievably impressed with not just what they're doing, but the
commitment of the folks who are there doing it. Joining
us in studio, Jim is the CEO of Advanced Pathways.
Sam is a community member who has been so helped
by Advanced Pathways. So let me actually just start with
(00:47):
Sam and kind of set up this context a little bit,
just kind of briefly, you know, we're in radio time here. Sam,
just tell us a little about your story and what
Advanced Pathways has meant to you.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
I was homeless for some years and went through a program,
had an apartment, went back out, was on the verge
of homeless this again and came in contact with Advance,
and Advance helped me maintain some abilities and enhance some
abilities and get me to where I've now maintained my
stable housing and married and kids and still business.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Now. Yes, correct, one one more question.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
I want to go to Jim and we'll just go
back and forth here in the time that we have.
How did you first encounter Advanced Pathways? How did how
did you come to know that they exist.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Through another as the Second Chance Program? Uh. But the
one of the directors over there was like, hey, yeah,
there's these guys that are just starting up. Uh, they're
looking for some community members. They might be able to
help you. And that's when I met Jim and Marcy
and I've been knowing Jim ever since.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
And and Jim your CEO of Advanced Pathways, and and
Sam was your the first person that you helped when
you got going. So you guys aren't new with this anymore,
which is why you've taken on a project of this scale.
So tell us a little bit about what you're doing
at the Aurora Regional Navigation Campus, which I should mention
just before I was there a day I think a
(02:11):
day before I was there, the Mayor of Aurora was there,
the governor was there.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
This is a big deal it is.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
We're so excited to be the operator of the campus.
What we're doing there is something different. It's actually the
first in the country that we're aware of at this
scale to be able to work with individuals coming off
the street and have a tiered housing system. Tier one
is people coming right off the streets. Tier two those
who want to work. They want to see a case manager,
they want to be able to engage in the workforce,
(02:39):
and we provide some training in house for them, whether
it's janitorial training, landscaping, or hospitality. And then tier three
is the former hotel rooms. This is where someone can
live for at least a year, maybe up to two
in a tax paying job, where they continue to receive
case management and life skills training. They have the motivation
(03:01):
to continue to be able to live a self sustainable
future for themselves. We're all about creating paths towards personal
highest level of self sufficiency.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
It's a remarkable thing to see and understand. And again, folks,
it's called the Aurora Regional Navigation Campus, but Advanced Pathways
are the folks operating it. And if you go to
coloradogibsday dot org you can donate too advanced pathways, and
I very much encourage you to do that. And at
the risk of being a little bit to sort of
(03:36):
numbers and process based, there is some special.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Stuff going on today.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Then make it particularly useful if folks donate now, right.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
That's correct.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
We have a match of six thousand dollars for everyone
who gives today on Colorado Gives Day. We want to
be able to really create an amazing experience and an
environment for people to be able to thrive, going from
us surviving into a space of thriving. And what makes
our particular model unique ross is that we are responsible
(04:08):
for seventy five percent of the budget. The budget's about
eleven million dollars. This is not a government project. This
is a government contribution to making a difference in the community.
They help buy the property, but we're the operator of
an eleven million dollar budget. We're responsible for the majority
of the funding.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
And I just want I want folks to understand again
the scale of this. Right the Aurora, the Aurora Regional
Navigation Campus, and you don't have to be like from
Aurora for them to help. You can can help six
hundred people at a time at a time and their
goal for next year is to help somewhere between three
and four thousand people.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
So again, if you donate today on.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Colorado Gives Day, the first six thousand dollars of those
donations we had doubled. You donate a dollar you needed
one hundred dollars, they'll get two hundred dollars. And then
also real quick, because I want to ask Sam another question,
what's the story with this particular tax credit.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
So anyone who gives one thousand dollars or more, we
are a part of the Colorado Homeless Contribution tax Credit.
That means that to qualify it for a twenty five
percent state tax credit, allowing donors to make a larger
impact while significantly reducing their Colorado's state tax bills.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Okay, so if you donate one thousand bucks, you get
two hundred and fifty dollars credit towards your state tax,
plus whatever you might get off your federal tax if
you itemize and claim and claim charitable contributions. That way,
let me let me go back to go back to Sam,
the first community member who advanced Pathways helped. And I've
only got about a minute here, Sam, and then we'll
talk again next hour. But if you had to name
(05:46):
one thing that Advanced Pathways got you to realize about
yourself and make a change.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
And I'm sure there's probably.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
More than one thing, But what do you think is
the main thing, the main switch that they sort.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Of helped you flip. I think it was the need
for community.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
They provided a need for community and my realization that
I do need other people that are in the same
boat or have been through the same things. And they
have a lot of staff over there that are able
that they can understand and empathize with some of the
things that I've been through. And I still am in
contact with a lot of the staff over there, and
so I think that was pretty phenomenal and instrumental in
me being to get to the point where I'm at.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah, being alone is a really bad thing. It's a
really bad thing. So we're gonna have these guys back
in studio in the next hour and then and then
Gina will be involved or you know, Gena. Gena will
be a big part of that conversation because she's got,
you know, different ways that she thinks about these things
as well. I want to encourage you to go to
Colorado Gives Day dot org. And and consider a contribution
(06:51):
to Advanced Pathways.
Hey, would you have a look at this really fantastic
nonprofit And I said, sure, anything you want.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Mike and I went.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Out to visit the Aurora Regional Navigation Campus, which is
operated by Advanced Pathways. And I saw it before they
actually opened, But this is a really big place. It's
a former hotel and convention center, and their aim is
to help thousands of homeless folks each year, up to
(00:26):
six hundred at a time. And I was just so
unbelievably impressed with not just what they're doing, but the
commitment of the folks who are there doing it. Joining
us in studio, Jim is the CEO of Advanced Pathways.
Sam is a community member who has been so helped
by Advanced Pathways. So let me actually just start with
(00:47):
Sam and kind of set up this context a little bit,
just kind of briefly, you know, we're in radio time here. Sam,
just tell us a little about your story and what
Advanced Pathways has meant to you.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
I was homeless for some years and went through a program,
had an apartment, went back out, was on the verge
of homeless this again and came in contact with Advance,
and Advance helped me maintain some abilities and enhance some
abilities and get me to where I've now maintained my
stable housing and married and kids and still business.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Now. Yes, correct, one one more question.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
I want to go to Jim and we'll just go
back and forth here in the time that we have.
How did you first encounter Advanced Pathways? How did how
did you come to know that they exist.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Through another as the Second Chance Program? Uh. But the
one of the directors over there was like, hey, yeah,
there's these guys that are just starting up. Uh, they're
looking for some community members. They might be able to
help you. And that's when I met Jim and Marcy
and I've been knowing Jim ever since.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
And and Jim your CEO of Advanced Pathways, and and
Sam was your the first person that you helped when
you got going. So you guys aren't new with this anymore,
which is why you've taken on a project of this scale.
So tell us a little bit about what you're doing
at the Aurora Regional Navigation Campus, which I should mention
just before I was there a day I think a
(02:11):
day before I was there, the Mayor of Aurora was there,
the governor was there.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
This is a big deal it is.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
We're so excited to be the operator of the campus.
What we're doing there is something different. It's actually the
first in the country that we're aware of at this
scale to be able to work with individuals coming off
the street and have a tiered housing system. Tier one
is people coming right off the streets. Tier two those
who want to work. They want to see a case manager,
they want to be able to engage in the workforce,
(02:39):
and we provide some training in house for them, whether
it's janitorial training, landscaping, or hospitality. And then tier three
is the former hotel rooms. This is where someone can
live for at least a year, maybe up to two
in a tax paying job, where they continue to receive
case management and life skills training. They have the motivation
(03:01):
to continue to be able to live a self sustainable
future for themselves. We're all about creating paths towards personal
highest level of self sufficiency.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
It's a remarkable thing to see and understand. And again, folks,
it's called the Aurora Regional Navigation Campus, but Advanced Pathways
are the folks operating it. And if you go to
coloradogibsday dot org you can donate too advanced pathways, and
I very much encourage you to do that. And at
the risk of being a little bit to sort of
(03:36):
numbers and process based, there is some special.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
Stuff going on today.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Then make it particularly useful if folks donate now, right.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
That's correct.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
We have a match of six thousand dollars for everyone
who gives today on Colorado Gives Day. We want to
be able to really create an amazing experience and an
environment for people to be able to thrive, going from
us surviving into a space of thriving. And what makes
our particular model unique ross is that we are responsible
(04:08):
for seventy five percent of the budget. The budget's about
eleven million dollars. This is not a government project. This
is a government contribution to making a difference in the community.
They help buy the property, but we're the operator of
an eleven million dollar budget. We're responsible for the majority
of the funding.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
And I just want I want folks to understand again
the scale of this. Right the Aurora, the Aurora Regional
Navigation Campus, and you don't have to be like from
Aurora for them to help. You can can help six
hundred people at a time at a time and their
goal for next year is to help somewhere between three
and four thousand people.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
So again, if you donate today on.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Colorado Gives Day, the first six thousand dollars of those
donations we had doubled. You donate a dollar you needed
one hundred dollars, they'll get two hundred dollars. And then
also real quick, because I want to ask Sam another question,
what's the story with this particular tax credit.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
So anyone who gives one thousand dollars or more, we
are a part of the Colorado Homeless Contribution tax Credit.
That means that to qualify it for a twenty five
percent state tax credit, allowing donors to make a larger
impact while significantly reducing their Colorado's state tax bills.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Okay, so if you donate one thousand bucks, you get
two hundred and fifty dollars credit towards your state tax,
plus whatever you might get off your federal tax if
you itemize and claim and claim charitable contributions. That way,
let me let me go back to go back to Sam,
the first community member who advanced Pathways helped. And I've
only got about a minute here, Sam, and then we'll
talk again next hour. But if you had to name
(05:46):
one thing that Advanced Pathways got you to realize about
yourself and make a change.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
And I'm sure there's probably.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
More than one thing, But what do you think is
the main thing, the main switch that they sort.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Of helped you flip. I think it was the need
for community.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
They provided a need for community and my realization that
I do need other people that are in the same
boat or have been through the same things. And they
have a lot of staff over there that are able
that they can understand and empathize with some of the
things that I've been through. And I still am in
contact with a lot of the staff over there, and
so I think that was pretty phenomenal and instrumental in
me being to get to the point where I'm at.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah, being alone is a really bad thing. It's a
really bad thing. So we're gonna have these guys back
in studio in the next hour and then and then
Gina will be involved or you know, Gena. Gena will
be a big part of that conversation because she's got,
you know, different ways that she thinks about these things
as well. I want to encourage you to go to
Colorado Gives Day dot org. And and consider a contribution
(06:51):
to Advanced Pathways.
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