CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A local organization is offering resources and information to people across the Coastal Bend in an effort to increase educational attainment and to guide them towards a successful career.
Since 2013,Coastal Compass has helped people around the community as they strive for a greater future. However, well before that, in 2003, the parent organization Education to Employment Partners encouraged the development of people’s careers and educational enhancement.
“At the end of the day, we’re working on behalf of the residents of our community to help them improve their educational attainment and get a better-paying job for them and their families," Jeff West, Executive Director of Education to Employment Partners, said.
The non-profit organization serves the entire coastal bend, particularly focusing on rural areas without proper academic resources and jobs. With more than 12,000people out of work in our region, the number is also high for those without a secondary or post-secondary education. But the coastal compass offers a chance to change that.
“We’re helping them to see that their skills are transferrable and can lead to jobs in health care, in safety, in environmental training," West said, "Everything from FAFSA and college applications to job search and resumes. It’s all 100 percent free.”
They also assist with scholarships, college applications, and free printing and scanning within the provided computer lab.
Serving more than 30,000 people directly since its initial start, the initiative’s programs assist children in kindergarten, all the way to someone who has just a few college credits but did not obtain their degree. Those who have already utilized the resources have launched into careers they say they never imagined being a part of.
Coastal Compass is located at La Palmera Mall and also offers a mobile site that travels to rural areas so those without transportation are not left out. Overall, the goal is not only to help people transform their lives but to fundamentally guide them toward success.
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