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CLEAR PATH

Your record ends here.
Your future starts now.

Clear Path is our economic mobility program, built for people who are ready to work, start a business, go back to school, or lead. Whatever the route, we help you find it and stay on it.

3
Public Tracks
8-Wk
Enterprise Cohorts
KC
Metro-Wide Access
RESILIENT CAPABLE QUALIFIED UNSTOPPABLE READY WORTH THE INVESTMENT RESILIENT CAPABLE QUALIFIED UNSTOPPABLE READY WORTH THE INVESTMENT

A record shouldn't decide
your income for life.

WHY CLEAR PATH EXISTS

A conviction can close doors to jobs, licenses, and loans long after the sentence is served. Clear Path exists to open a different set of doors: real skills, real income, and a real plan.

Three tracks, three ways in. Own It if you're building a business. Build It if you're building a career or a credential. Lead It if you're ready to lead others through what you've been through.

Representative image, not an actual Clear Path graduate
THIS IS THE GOAL

Every track leads somewhere. This is what somewhere looks like.

A diploma, a business license, a job offer, a stable budget. Clear Path exists to get people here, whatever "here" looks like for them.

01
TRACK 01

Own It

Entrepreneurship and small business, for people ready to build something that's theirs.

Clear Path Enterprise Academy

An 8-week entrepreneurship accelerator covering business formation, financial literacy, branding, sales, and pitch preparation, for anyone ready to build a business from the ground up.

8-WEEK COHORT Applications open

Small Business Support

Hands-on help navigating startup logistics: business banking, licensing, insurance, and connections to capital once you're ready to grow.

ONGOING SUPPORT Licensing to capital
02
TRACK 02

Build It

Education, workforce, credentials, and financial capability, for people building a career and the finances to back it up.

Workforce Pathways

Job readiness training, direct connections to fair-chance employers, help earning credentials, and ongoing career development once you're hired.

ROLLING ENROLLMENT Fair-chance employers

Education Pathways

Guidance through college navigation, certification programs, Google and Coursera scholarship opportunities, and other postsecondary options that fit your life.

See the Google & Coursera scholarships →
ROLLING ENROLLMENT Google & Coursera access

Financial Capability

One-on-one coaching on budgeting, credit repair, banking basics, and taxes, so the money coming in actually builds something.

ONGOING COACHING Budgeting to taxes

Clear Path Online Courses

Self-paced courses covering entrepreneurship, workforce readiness, leadership, and economic mobility, for learning on your own schedule.

SELF-PACED Learn on your schedule
03
TRACK 03

Lead It

Leadership development, civic engagement, and personal growth, for people ready to lead from what they've lived through.

Leadership Development

Cohort-based leadership programs built around civic engagement, personal development, and leading from lived experience, not in spite of it.

COHORT-BASED Lived-experience led

Ready to find your track?

Tell us where you're starting from, and we'll help you find the right door in.

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