We are a collaboration of public partners that offer some of the best work-based learning opportunities in the Northern Colorado region.

Our goal is to help local businesses identify challenges that can be alleviated by work-based learning opportunities. We also formed the Alliance as a way to make us more easily accessible to local businesses.

Larimer County Partners

• Aims Community College (AIMS)
• CareerWise Colorado (CWC)
• Colorado Early Colleges (CEC)
• Colorado State University (CSU)
• Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
• Estes Park School District R-3 (EPSD)
• Front Range Community College (FRCC)
• Larimer County Economic & Workforce Development (LCEWD)
• Poudre School District (PSD)
• Project Self-Sufficiency (PSS)
• School to Work Alliance Program (SWAP)
• Thompson School District (TSD)

Click to learn more about each of our respective partners.

Weld County Partners

• Aims Community College (AIMS)
• Bright Futures (BF)
• Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
• Employment Services of Weld County
• High Plains Library
• Job Corps (JC)
• RE-1 Valley High School (RE1)
• RE-2 Eaton School District (RE2)
• RE-3J Weld Hudson Keenesburg Lochbuie Roggen (RE3J)
• RE-4 Windsor Severance School District (RE4)
• RE-5J Weld Johnstown Milliken School District (RE-5J)
• RE-6 Greeley Evans Weld County School District 6 (RE6)
• RE-7 Platte Valley School District (RE7)
• RE-8 Weld County School District (RE8)
• RE-9 Ault Highland School District (RE9)
• RE-10 Briggsdale School District (RE10)
• RE-11 Prairie School District (RE11)
• School to Work Alliance Program (SWAP)
• University of Northern Colorado (UNC)
• Windsor Charter Academy

Our Mission:
The Work-Based Learning Alliance exists to align education and workforce to increase sustainable community access to work-based learning by removing barriers and sharing resources.

Our “Why”:
To connect with businesses in an effort to address their talent needs.

Our NoCo Inspire team works with business owners and human resources managers in Larimer and Weld Counties to discuss their needs and business goals. From there, we connect you with the public partners that provide opportunities that make the most sense for you.

We want to connect our businesses and organizations with workforce solutions that move them forward and help them develop relationships with the talent we know lives in Northern Colorado.

Contact us today for more information or to get your business started with work-based learning.