We’re excited to announce a new partnership between JAG-Missouri (Jobs for America’s Graduates) and CEdge Learn to better serve students facing barriers to graduation and career success.
Through this collaboration, JAG-Missouri students will gain access to career-aligned microlearning, credentialed digital courses, and durable skills training across schools in Missouri. Together, we’re also co-developing a Work Readiness Credential that equips learners with essential skills in communication, professionalism, and problem-solving—competencies that matter in every career pathway.
This partnership expands our mission to ensure equity in education while creating stronger opportunities for students to graduate, succeed in the workforce, and build brighter futures.
Highlights of this partnership include:
We’re just getting started—and we welcome educators, employers, and community partners to join us in this important work.
Testimonials
I felt hopeless because no matter what I did, I thought the future I wanted was too far out of reach. I wasn’t smart enough or rich enough to live the life I wanted. Because of this, at the age of 15, I exploded. Everything parents pray their child isn’t doing, I was, or I was trying to. In the midst of this self destruction, the greatest opportunity came up and shook my hand. I went from dropping out to picking up my cap and gown. JAG didn’t save my life, it taught me how to save my own.
JAG has been a life changer.
JAG pushes us out of our comfort zone. It has truly helped me find my voice. I have learned how to voice my opinions the right way – when to speak and when to listen. Without JAG I have no doubt I would still be living my old life. I wish I could have found my voice sooner, but the important thing now is: I have found it, and I will never let it go.
Born into a family where addiction was a generational struggle, Destany Massey faced her own battles with substance abuse and a life lacking direction. Determined to break free from the cycle of trauma and hardship, she sought a different path. That path led her to the JAG (Jobs for America’s Graduates Missouri) program, a turning point she never saw coming. With the unwavering support of the program and her teacher, Destany found purpose, healing, and hope.
“JAG and my teacher literally saved my life,” she shares. Through resilience and determination, Destany overcame addiction, broke the chains of a painful past, and transformed her life into a story of success and the promise of a brighter future.
Before I joined JAG, I was lost. JAG provided assistance in pinpointing a career and making steps in order to pursue it. My JAG Specialist motivated me to make connections and to continue my education in the emergency response industry. JAG has changed my life!
