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Program Initiatives

 

Access Providers Middle School Advising Program

CACGP will support the expansion of services to middle school students through a partnership with Access College Foundation in the Tidewater region in order to increase early awareness amongst students and families of potential careers and access to postsecondary education options and financial aid.

Research

CACGP will support two research studies.  One study, a follow-up to the 2010 SCHEV CACGP Access Provider Study, will examine disparities of student performance and college-going plans between high and low achieving school districts with similarly high populations of low-income students and other area demographics. The second study was recently completed. It examines postsecondary opportunities for Virginia adults and the potential for establishing a statewide program to enhance adults’ access to postsecondary education leading to the baccalaureate. A summary of findings and recommendations from the Assessment of Opportunities and Models for Adults to Complete the Baccalaureate Degree at Virginia Four-Year Institutions study is included in a fact sheet and/or may be viewed in this presentation. The full report will be released soon.

Career Planning System

CACGP will support the expansion of user functionalities of the Virginia Community College System’s Virginia Education Wizard career planning system to increase access to information about potential careers and postsecondary options and financial aid.

Collateral Campaign

CACGP will continue to support its “I am the One” media campaign, designed to motivate students to value and take responsibility for their dream of going to college, through the production and dissemination of free incentive materials.  This effort will be supplemented by a study to determine effective media outreach.

Counselor Professional Development

The Virginia College Access Network  will provide professional development opportunities for middle and high-school counselors and college financial aid and admissions administrators to learn about effective models for mentoring and working with students from low-income families.

“Super Saturday” FAFSA Workshops

In partnership with the Virginia Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (VASFAA), CACGP will provide “Super Saturdays” at locations across the state to provide information on the financial aid process and to assist students and their families in completing the FAFSA form.

Access and Financial Aid Education Programs

With support from CACGP, Virginia Tidewater Consortium will offer access and financial aid education programs to promote enhanced knowledge in students and families from low-income and under-represented groups on the following topics: a) career planning and the importance of postsecondary education; b) academic planning and pre-college course selection; c) application and admission processes; and d) financial aid and funding sources. Educational Credit Management Corporation (ECMC) will produce and distribute the 2011–2012 Opportunities: Preparing for Higher Education Guide and Workbook containing Virginia-specific information on the college admissions process and financial aid resources.

 

Access Provider Programs

CACGP will support direct services to high school students and their families through two partnerships.
1) Project Discovery will provide advising and exposure opportunities to economically challenged students and their families through its current statewide network of 21 locations and will establish three new programs servicing new districts; and
2) Greater Richmond Area Scholarship Program, Inc. (GRASP) will continue and expand advising services, with a focus on financial aid and scholarships, at schools with high populations of low-income students. For areas where there are no current access provider programs, CACGP will support the Virginia College Access Network in conducting outreach and providing technical assistance through Virginia College Access Toolkits created to help organizations, with an interest in providing access services to students and families in underserved areas, develop access programming.