20 Members Also TG Public Benefit Grant Recipients
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National College Access Network is pleased to announce approval of a TG Public Benefit Grant in support of a national training for both novice and veteran college access program advisors. This project seeks to provide training for advisors by equipping them with the necessary skills to address many of the barriers that may keep qualified students from pursuing and completing a postsecondary education. NCAN also congratulates its 19 members also receiving TG Public Benefit Grants.
"With the recent reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, the impending changes to the financial aid process, and the current economic crisis, advisors need to be well-versed in the options available to students and their families for the country to reach the President's 2020 goal," says NCAN Executive Director Kim Kiely. "This generous grant from TG will allow NCAN to prepare its advisors for these changes and challenges ahead."
To enhance their skills and to share effective strategies that will benefit the students, parents, and adult learners they are charged to advise, NCAN will conduct a national training session in August 2010 that will target 100 advisors from its member programs. The training will ensure the advisors are well-trained on a range of topics including academic preparation for postsecondary education, standardized testing and college entrance exams, the college admissions process, financial aid, scholarship applications, parental involvement, career preparation and ethical issues. Each participant will be given a pre- and post-assessment; access to follow-up, bi-monthly webinars; and an updated advisor manual that can be used as a resource and as a training mechanism for other staff members. In addition, all NCAN member programs will receive a DVD of the training and given access to an electronic copy of the Advisor Training Manual for in-house professional development.
The long-term goal is to be able to provide an advisor certification program that will produce advisers who are experts in the college preparation and application process.
TG has awarded more than $6.2 million in competitive grants to 55 institutions and nonprofit organizations to advance access to college, student retention, and educational research. This is the fifth consecutive year that TG awarded the competitive grants through its Public Benefit Grant Program, the company's philanthropic initiative. NCAN's 20 member programs received almost $2.5 million in grant money and are outlined on the subsequent pages.
TG's Public Benefit Grant Program is administered based solely on merit and need, and without regard to the business of TG or any form of quid pro quo consideration. For more information on the TG Public Benefit Program, please visit www.tgslc.org/publicbenefit.
TG is a public, nonprofit corporation that helps create access to higher education for millions of families and students through its role as an administrator of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). Its vision is to be the premier source of information, financing, and assistance to help all families and students realize their educational and career dreams. Additional information about TG can be found online at www.tgslc.org. This press release can be downloaded from www.tgslc.org/newsroom.
Incorporated in 1995 and headquartered in Washington, DC, the mission of the National College Access Network (NCAN) is to improve access to and success in postsecondary education for disadvantaged, underrepresented, and first-generation students. NCAN does this by supporting a network of state and local college access programs that provide counseling, advice, and financial assistance; sharing best practices among the network; providing leadership and technical assistance; and helping establish new college access programs. For more information http://www.collegeaccess.org/
NCAN Members Receiving TG Public Benefit Grants
National College Access Network Inc.; Washington, DC
National Advisor Training for College Access Programs; $147,710
ACCESS College Foundation; Norfolk, VA
Year Two -- From College Access to College Retention; $41,833
Admission Possible; St. Paul, MN
Admission Possible; $125,000
Associated Colleges of Illinois; Chicago, IL
Intensive Science and Math Experience; $120,000
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative; Cincinnati, OH
Project REACH and the REACHout Alumni Program; $103,700
The College Crusade of Rhode Island; Providence, RI
RI Gear Up; $105,982
College Forward; Austin, TX
"Getting Through" Initiative: College Success for Low-Income Students; $78,170
College Forward; Austin, TX
Campus by Campus -- Partnership Building for College Access; $199,055
College Horizons, Inc.; Pena Blanca, NM
College Horizons & Graduate Horizons; $290,940
Denver Scholarship Foundation; Denver, CO
College Access: Montbello and West High Schools; $100,000
Dynamy; Worcester, MA
Youth Academy; $75,000
Education is Freedom Foundation; Dallas, TX
Dallas Outcomes and Process Evaluation; $128,100
Franklin & Marshall College -- Keystone College Advising Corps; Lancaster, PA
Expanding College Access in Rural Pennsylvania; $158,741
Fulfillment Fund; Los Angeles, CA
College Access & Success Model; $100,000
Philadelphia Futures for Youth; Philadelphia, PA
Sponsor-a-Scholar Freshman Recruitment and On-boarding; $71,435
San Antonio Education Fund; San Antonio, TX
Creating Pathways: A College Transition Project; $157,625
The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis; St. Louis, MO
Bravo Grant Program; $75,000
See Forever Foundation / Maya Angelou PCS; Washington, DC
Dreams Realized Through Transitional and Alumni Support; $80,000
Student Assistance Foundation; Helena, MT
A Step Ahead -- College Prep Camp; $10,000
University of Missouri; Columbia, MO
Missouri College Advising Corps; $101,299
University of Texas at El Paso; El Paso, TX
START; $148,549
University of Utah -- Utah College Advising Corps; Salt Lake City, UT
Increasing College Access: Expanding Utah's College Advising Corps; $76,411
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