Kennesaw State University CARE RoadMap: Ascending to College

Kennesaw State University CARE RoadMap: Ascending to College


NOW AVAILABLE!

OVERVIEW

The mission of Campus Awareness, Resource & Empowerment (CARE) Services is to provide financial assistance, access to food, temporary housing, and supportive services in order to foster students’ realization of a healthy, stable, and dignified life both academically and professionally. To serve as a model of professional excellence and effectiveness by upholding core values of social justice, equity, economic sustainability, and mutual partnership.

OBJECTIVE

CARE RoadMap is:

  • An interactive training guide for collegiate institutions looking to develop a successful program for supporting homeless, foster care, and/or food insecure young adults in their pursuit of higher education.
  • Designed for an intimate group style format with people doing the work to make a difference and who are seeking access to the tools, network, and ideas to do the work more effectively.

OPPORTUNITY

Our team will guide K-12 and/or Higher Education Professionals to develop a high school to higher education pipeline for homeless and foster care students to create a successful transition experience. You will learn how to assist students during their journey into the high educational environment so they can have a better, more successful start.

Training topics will include:

  • Recruiting
  • College Road Map
  • University Resources
  • Outreach Efforts
  • Program Design
  • Bridge Week
  • Long-Term Housing

PROJECT DELIVERABLES

  • Pre-Training Check-In: 45-minute call to discuss your institution’s current scope of services and assess your implementation goals in order to make a training level recommendation.
  • Initial Staff Training: 1-day of virtual training for your staff.
  • Staff Training Workbooks: CARE RoadMap Ascending to College workbooks to use as a guide for program adaptation.
  • Technical Assistance: Six 60-minute virtual follow-up consultations within six months of training completion.
  • Virtual Document Library (VDL): Forms, policies, and procedures used by CARES are available through our VDL during the 6-month Technical Assistance timeframe for an additional licensing fee of $500.00. Only one needed per institution.
  • Campus Cohort and Long-Term Housing training add-on is available for an additional fee of $2,100.00. Ascending to College with add-on option increases training to a total of 2.5 days of training with 12-months of Technical Assistance.
Total cost for deliverables = $1,875.00 for a maximum of three attendees

BENEFIT

  • CARE has created a service model, accumulated resources, and built a diverse network of partnerships over 10 years that has fostered a knowledge base and expertise in the area of serving homeless, foster care, and/or food insecure students in a higher education setting.
  • CARE has developed corporate partnerships to coincide with our program so that each level of training will include tangible perks for your college and students (i.e. discounts to educational and/or home products).

Price:

$1,875.00