The Community College of Aurora just got a big chuck of change to help young people who are not in school or working to reconnect with education and career opportunities. They hope it can help close what youth advocates call "the opportunity gap."

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There are lots of reasons people won't seek education after high school.

"Some may not see it as a good investment at the time. Honestly, we also compete with the gig economy. Right? You see the money in your pocket immediately, and you think, 'This is great money,'" said Clair Collins the vice president of Enrollment Success and Completion at the college.

That kind of experience described by Collins is among many reasons college students don't finish their degrees.

"Maybe, they have a family member that they're the primary caretaker of,

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