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Excel Center tells East Chicago board it offers free adult high‑school diplomas, childcare and career supports
Summary
Representatives from Goodwill Michiana’s Excel Center told the School City of East Chicago board that its free adult Core 40 diploma program serves residents 18 and older with childcare, transportation, life coaching and job placement assistance, and stressed the program complements — not competes with — district offerings.
Keisha White, director of the Excel Center on West Ridge Road in Gary, and Dr. Countess Anderson, director of the Excel Center in Hammond, told the School City of East Chicago Board of Trustees on Nov. 26 that their adult education program offers a free Core 40 high‑school diploma for residents age 18 and older and provides wraparound supports.
"We are mission to transform adult lives through the power of achieving a high school diploma," Keisha White said, describing services that include childcare, transportation assistance, life coaching and vocational career assistance. White said the Excel Center is part of Goodwill Michiana…
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