The Michigan Reconnect program has now accepted over 100,000 applicants into the tuition-free degree or skills certificate earning process.
Michigan Reconnect is integral to the state’s Sixty by 30 goal of getting to 60% of Michigan adults with a postsecondary degree or credential by 2030. It is now at 45-49%.
Sarah Szurpicki, the Office of Sixty by 30 Director for the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity said, “Making the decision to go back to school, especially when you are already balancing adult responsibilities like a job or a family, is empowering and inspiring—and it can be daunting.”
Szurpicki said that the Michigan Reconnect Navigators can help applicants “find solutions to anything that would stop or slow them down.”
Navigators can be reached at Michigan.gov/Reconnect. To be eligible for the program, applicants must be at least 25 years old, have lived in Michigan for a year or more, have a high school diploma or equivalent, and have not yet completed a college degree.
Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland
