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Colorado launches free college program for future teachers, firefighters, nurses

A new $38.6 million program seeks to bolster growing or lagging workforces.

Cody Palmer, a firefighter with the National Park Service, walks through a clearing on the way to perform "fuels treatment" — thinning of a forest to reduce potential fuel for wildfires — on an area of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (Photo by Jintak Han/The Denver Post)
Cody Palmer, a firefighter with the National Park Service, walks through a clearing on the way to perform “fuels treatment” — thinning of a forest to reduce potential fuel for wildfires — on an area of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (Photo by Jintak Han/The Denver Post)
Denver Post reporter Seth Klamann in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
By | sklamann@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Coloradans interested in careers in law health care, firefighting or construction can now receive a free community college education as part of a $38.6 million state program launched this week that officials hope will shepherd thousands of workers into high-demand industries.
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