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CrossPurpose CrossPurpose is a career development nonprofit that helps people move from poverty to prosperity. Denver Nonprofit
Career and Community Development Program
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10/14/2026

Poverty alleviation shouldn't stop at the poverty line. Instead, we must explore what it takes to achieve true human flourishing.

In the latest episode of From Poverty to Prosperity, Dr. Steven Taylor explores what policymakers can learn from communities on the ground and how working together is the best path toward creating lasting economic mobility.

Drawing on his personal journey and years of policy experience, Steve shares why social capital matters, why simply crossing the federal poverty line shouldn't be our definition of success, and why he and Jason threw out their first draft of Together We Climb just three days before the deadline.

🎙️ Episode 7: The Grasstops and the Grassroots: How The Hill and The Neighborhood Can Work Together with Dr. Steven Taylor

Together We Climb has already hit the #1 Bestsellers list on Amazon based on pre-orders alone! Co-authored by CrossPurp...
10/13/2026

Together We Climb has already hit the #1 Bestsellers list on Amazon based on pre-orders alone! Co-authored by CrossPurpose CEO Jason Janz and Dr. Steve Taylor, the book will be available on November 10. Place your pre-order today to join the conversation and see why Booklife called it “a compassionate, experiential system for change.”

10/07/2026

What if leaving town wasn't the only way to find a good job?

In Southern West Virginia, Jacob Hannah is helping build another path. As CEO of Coalfield Development Corporation, he creates jobs in communities shaped by coal’s decline by making room in the workweek for the life skills and support people need to thrive.

Jacob joins Amy Hulst on From Poverty to Prosperity to explain Coalfield’s 33-6-3 model, why a trip to the DMV can count as paid time, and how a coal miner can end up “mining the sun.”

🎙️ Episode 6: Practitioners on the Mountain with Jacob Hannah (Coalfield Development)

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09/30/2026

How do you know when you’ve climbed the mountain?

For CrossPurpose’s first graduate,Tiffany Johnson, breaking free from poverty took incredibly hard work, but also trusted people willing to tell her the truth…even when she didn’t want to hear it.

In the latest episode of From Poverty to Prosperity, Tiffany talks candidly with host Amy Hulst about growing up in poverty, imposter syndrome, learning how to receive hard feedback, the relationships that helped change the trajectory of her life, and the legacy she hopes to leave behind.

🎙️Episode 5: Built Different with Tiffany Johnson

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09/23/2026

A good job isn’t enough.

That might sound strange coming from an organization built around career development. But higher income and lasting economic mobility aren’t the same thing.

Julie Stone of Gary Community Ventures joins Jason Janz and Amy Hulst to talk about what’s missing from the way we measure economic mobility—and introduces a new wealth metric focused on what families are actually building over time.

🎙️ Episode 4: Introducing the Wealth Metric

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09/21/2026

We talk a lot about ending poverty, but do we actually agree on what poverty is?

Is it a lack of income? Opportunity? Power? Is it personal, systemic, or both?

In Episode 3 of From Poverty to Prosperity, Jason Janz and Amy Hulst examine how we define and measure poverty—and what happens when a broken definition shapes the systems meant to address it.

🎙️ Episode 3: What Is Poverty?

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09/19/2026

We started CrossPurpose with good intentions, but that wasn’t enough.

The first two episodes of From Poverty to Prosperity go back to where CrossPurpose began, including some of the things we got wrong and the lessons that eventually shaped our framework for poverty alleviation.

Hear our take on why meeting immediate needs isn’t enough, why relationships matter, and what communities can do differently to make a bigger impact.

🎙️ Episodes 1 & 2: The Founding Story of CrossPurpose + A New Way to Look at Poverty

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09/16/2026

What does it actually take to move from poverty to prosperity?

Today, CrossPurpose is launching a new podcast: From Poverty to Prosperity: Redefining Wealth and Opportunity in America.

Co-hosts Jason Janz and Amy Hulst are taking on some big questions: What is poverty? What actually creates economic mobility? And what does it take for families to build lasting wealth?

They’ll bring together leaders, researchers, practitioners, and—most importantly—people with lived experience of poverty to challenge assumptions and explore what’s working, what isn’t, and what we still have to learn.

🎙️ The first three episodes are live now. Follow From Poverty to Prosperity wherever you listen to podcasts, and leave a review to tell us what you think!

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Congrats to 86 new Leader graduates from our Denver and North Metro campuses - our biggest graduating class ever! Their ...
09/11/2026

Congrats to 86 new Leader graduates from our Denver and North Metro campuses - our biggest graduating class ever!

Their hard work over the last six months turned into new careers and futures with limitless possibilities.

Meet Andrew, one of our recent Aurora Leader graduates:"Fresh out of high school, I knew I wanted a career in healthcare...
09/03/2026

Meet Andrew, one of our recent Aurora Leader graduates:

"Fresh out of high school, I knew I wanted a career in healthcare, but financial barriers made that dream feel out of reach. Instead of giving up, I chose to invest in myself, stay committed, and work toward my goals.

Along the way, mentors and peers encouraged me to keep moving forward and believe in my potential.

Today, I proudly work as a Patient Care Technician at HCA HealthONE Rose, building valuable experience as I pursue my CNA and work toward my ultimate goal of becoming a Registered Nurse.

This is only the beginning of the future I'm creating."

Learn how you can train for a new career at crosspurpose.org

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3050 Richard Allen Court
Denver, CO
80205

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Monday 8am - 5pm
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Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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