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Navigating Wealth Building

Career Readiness Program

Are you ready to invest in yourself and develop the skills you need for a successful career? Check out the Navigating Wealth Building Program at Brooks Crossing Innovation + Opportunity Center. This FREE fast track program helps Newport News residents overcome barriers to employment and gain the education and training they need to begin successful careers.

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The City’s Department of Development works with the Peninsula Regional Education Program (PREP) and a wide array of partners to each person’s unique skills and interests while preparing them for successful, long-term employment.

Successful Workforce Partnerships

Navigating Wealth Building's 28th Cohort Graduating Class

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Testimonial

“When I arrived at Brooks Crossing, I was facing homelessness, unemployment, and an uncertain future. The staff welcomed me with compassion and offered the resources I needed to begin rebuilding my life. Among those resources was the computer lab, which became the foundation for my path forward. It was there that I discovered the Navigating Wealth Program—a program that profoundly transformed my circumstances.

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Through Navigating Wealth Program,

I earned my Commercial Driver’s

License (CDL), which enabled me to

secure full-time employment as a truck

driver. Receiving my first paycheck—

over $2,000 in a single week—was a

milestone I never thought possible.

Today, as a single father, I have a

secure career, a safe home, and a

renewed sense of purpose.

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Brooks Crossing, along with the Navigating Wealth Program, provided me with the tools, knowledge, and confidence necessary to build a brighter future for both me and my children. It has been truly life-changing, and I am deeply grateful for their unwavering support."

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Clarence Crumpton

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Clarence and his Career Coach Andrea

Eligibility Requirements:

Get Started Today!

FREE, Fast-Track Career Readiness program
  • Career Readiness Certification
  • Weekly Stipends
  • Workplace Excellence Series Activities
  • OSHA-10 Certification
  • Northstar Digital Literacy
  • Resume Development & Interview Preparation
  • Employer Recruitment & Engagement Activities 

This Program Transforms Futures – Employment, Family and Community Leadership

Students becoming job-ready year-round.
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Program graduates reentering workforce.
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Local business and employer partners getting trained staff.
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