The Detroit College Access Network (DCAN) wants many more Detroiters to earn a college degree or a job credential. This week it opened its first Graduate 313 hub, WXYZ reports. DCAN runs it with the Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Foundation. WXYZ reports the ribbon-cutting was on Wednesday. The hub sits on Plymouth Road near Evergreen Avenue on Detroit's west side.
DCAN works under Michigan's "60 by 30" goal. The state wants 60% of residents to hold a degree or credential by 2030. Detroit is far below that mark. DCAN executive director Cyekeia Lee told WXYZ that in Detroit "that number is 18 percent."
The hub's near-term reach is much smaller than the state goal. Last year, DCAN helped about 2,800 people with no building, WXYZ reports. Now it expects to help 5,000 people over the next year or so. That count covers the west side hub and a planned east side hub. Reaching 5,000 people would not, on its own, take Detroit from 18% to the 60% goal. The reporting does not say the plan is meant to close that whole gap.
The hub gives residents one place to get help. It serves people from middle school through adulthood. WXYZ reports it offers one-on-one advising, emergency grants, and college field trips. Lee said neighborhood resources can help "dispel myths" and "eliminate barriers."
Graduate 313 is backed by a $3.5 million investment from the Jacob Family Foundation. The Michigan Advance reports this is an initial three-year commitment. The General Motors Foundation and the Rocket Community Fund also helped. Megan Fenkell, the foundation's executive director, told the Michigan Advance: "We wondered what would happen if there was a place in Detroit that students all the way from middle school to adult learners could go where they could get the support to get to and through college (or) return to college."
Jasmine Brooks is DCAN's senior director of community hubs. She told WXYZ: "It's a one stop shop coming in here and you're going to be able to have the access and resources that you need, based on who you are and how you come to the table." The Michigan Advance reports the sites were picked through "asset mapping." The goal is to place hubs people can reach by walking, car, or city bus. It also aims to change a pattern in which residents tend to stay on their own side of the city.
According to the Michigan Advance, the east side hub will use space in the former Winans Academy of Performing Arts building. It will be an "impact partner" within Anchor Detroit, a community hub built by Life Remodeled. Both hubs were expected to open this fall. Earlier, on July 27, 2026, Crain's Detroit Business reported the foundation's $3.5 million grant to expand Detroit college access through neighborhood hubs.