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Accessing Higher Education
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Section One: Choosing a College 2014 Project Hope Seminar
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Choosing a Campus with Supportive Services for Homeless Youth
Characteristics of Colleges with Supportive Services for Homeless
Youth: Finding the right campus size Two Year -vs- Four Year
Housing Options Year round housing, on/off campus options Financial
Aid Assistance Mentoring Tutoring Class Size Characteristic Grid
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College Search Tool http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator General
school information Tuition, fees, and estimated student expenses
Types of financial aid provided Net price Enrollment Admissions
requirements Retention and graduation rates Accreditation Campus
security statistics Default rates 2014 Project Hope Seminar 4
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NAEHCY Statewide Networks Stakeholders from K-12 education,
Local homeless liaisons, higher education staff, RHYA and HUD
shelter staff, and college access program staff working together to
eliminate higher education barriers for homeless youth. CO, FL, GA,
IL, KY, MA, MI, NH, NC, OK NAEHCY is working with the following
states to develop State Higher Education Networks: IN, MN, NJ, VA
http://naehcy.org/legislation-and- policy/state-he-networks
http://naehcy.org/legislation-and- policy/state-he-networks 2014
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Resource: State Programs Some states have special provisions
available for low- income and/or homeless students: Indiana
Students receiving free lunch receive a tuition waiver when
participating in Indianas Double Up Program (dual enrollment in
college courses for students in 11 th and 12 th grade)
http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title21/ar14/ch8.html
http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title21/ar14/ch8.html Indiana
Twenty-First Century Scholars Program - Income- eligible 7th and
8th graders who enroll in the program and fulfill a pledge of good
citizenship are guaranteed to receive up to four years of
undergraduate tuition at any participating public college or
university in Indiana http://www.scholars.in.gov
http://www.scholars.in.gov 2014 Project Hope Seminar 7
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Resource: State Programs Florida Homeless students are exempt
from the payment of tuition and fees, including lab fees, at a
school district that provides postsecondary career programs,
community college, or state university (2011 F.S. 1009.25); Florida
statute establishes the definition of homeless used
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=
Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=1000-
1099/1009/Sections/1009.25.html
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=
Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=1000-
1099/1009/Sections/1009.25.html Look for resources in your state!
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Campuses That Have Single Points of Contact Single Point of
Contact A supportive college administrator on each campus who is
committed to helping homeless youth (and often foster youth)
successfully navigate the college-going process on campuses
Connects students to Admissions, Financial Aid, Academic Advising,
Housing, Community Resources etc. In place in MI, CO, NC, and GA In
progress in AL, FL, NH, NV, MA, NJ, IN, PA
http://naehcy.org/legislation-and-policy/state-he-networks 2014
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Help Students Obtain Fee Waivers During High School SAT/ACT
Waiver http://www.actstudent.org/faq/feewaiver.html
http://www.actstudent.org/faq/feewaiver.html
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/waivers/guidelines
/sat
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/waivers/guidelines
/sat Admissions Application Fee Waiver
http://www.nacacnet.org/studentinfo/feewaiver/Pages/default.as px
http://www.nacacnet.org/studentinfo/feewaiver/Pages/default.as px
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Connect Student to Bridge Programs Individual colleges may
offer their own bridge programs to help entering freshmen have a
smooth transition. Offer the following: College-level courses (earn
college credit hours) Development seminars College life workshops
Social events Mentoring provided by current students Counsel for
Opportunities in Education
http://www.coenet.us/coe_prod_imis/COE/Home/COE/Home.as
px?hkey=040cec49-d947-4110-b9fa-1f30bef9c919
http://www.coenet.us/coe_prod_imis/COE/Home/COE/Home.as
px?hkey=040cec49-d947-4110-b9fa-1f30bef9c919 2014 Project Hope
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Best Practices in High School Focus on FASFSA completion! o
Early awareness
http://www.collegeaccess.org/Early_Awareness_http://www.collegeaccess.org/Early_Awareness_
o FAFSA Week see www.naehcy.orgwww.naehcy.org o Inform
unaccompanied youth of college options as soon as they are
identified as homeless o Make sure high school counselors know
about the FAFSA policies for UHY o Arrange for students to visit
local colleges and universities o Use a template for determinations
www.naehcy.orgwww.naehcy.org 2014 Project Hope Seminar 12
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Best Practices on Campus Campus advisors can work together to
create campus networks to focus on meeting needs of homeless youth
Communicate with local homeless liaisons to streamline the
transition process Get involved with local state network for
homeless youth that are accessing higher education Create a single
point of contact (SPOC) on campus
http://naehcy.org/educational-resources/higher-ed
http://naehcy.org/educational-resources/higher-ed 2014 Project Hope
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Section Two: Great Expectations An Initiative of Virginias
Community Colleges & the Virginia Foundation for Community
College Education 2014 Project Hope Seminar 14
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Great Expectations Serves foster youth 13 24, in both high
school and college. Focuses on the value of a college education as
the best way to gain employment and achieve independence. Provides
education and employment opportunities that will improve the
likelihood of success for foster youth. Offers individual support
for at-risk foster teens as they finish high school, leave their
foster homes and transition to postsecondary education and living
on their own. 2014 Project Hope Seminar 16
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Great Expectations Launched in 2008 at 5 Virginia Community
Colleges Now offered at 17 of the 23 community colleges Blue Ridge
Central Virginia Danville Germanna J. Sargeant Reynolds John Tyler
Lord Fairfax Mountain Empire New River Northern Virginia Patrick
Henry Piedmont Virginia Southside Virginia Southwest Virginia
Tidewater Virginia Highlands Wythevill e 2014 Project Hope Seminar
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Great Expectations Help with the college admissions/financial
aid Resource Center
www.GreatExpectations.vccs.eduwww.GreatExpectations.vccs.edu
Personal counseling and individual tutoring Career exploration and
coaching; job preparation Mentoring (by college staff, college
peers and community volunteers) Special programs, e.g. life skills,
healthy relationships Emergency and incentive Funds Online Best
Practices Forum 2014 Project Hope Seminar 18
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Great Expectations Essentials Support of the colleges
administration Special training for Campus Coaches Coordination
with other depts. (e.g. financial aid, student success, counseling,
tutoring) Special programs Emergency funds Challenges Part-time
Campus Coaches Recruiting students in rural areas Building
awareness of the program in the community Setting boundaries Lack
of housing Transportation 2014 Project Hope Seminar 19
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Great Expectations Campus Coaches Are the Key! 2014 Project
Hope Seminar 20 Coaches are..the go-to person who musters the other
services available on the campus and in the community for the
students The team includes.the high school career coaches, DSS
workers foster and adoptive parents, volunteer mentors interns and
work/study students, community supporters
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Great Expectations 2014 Project Hope Seminar 21 Virginias
Community Colleges have Tuition Grants available for foster youth,
former foster youth and special needs adoptees who have a high
school diploma or GED. The Tuition Grant covers tuition and fees.
Requirements Enrolls and maintains at least half-time credit in an
academic program of at least 1 year Is a bona-fide resident of
Virginia Meets the satisfactory standards of the college for
federal aid programs Has not been previously enrolled full-time in
a postsecondary program for more than 5 years and does not have a
bachelors degree Demonstrates a financial need
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Great Expectations Career Coaches Middle College Virginia
Career Readiness Certificate Apprenticeship Related Instruction
working with sponsoring employers Occupational Instruction (for
certifications and licenses) Institutes of Excellence (for high
demand occupations) Postsecondary Perkins (to continuously improve
career/technical education) Business & Industry - courses to
meet VA professional and occupational regulations for Engineers,
Architects, Contractors, Land Surveyors, etc. Customized Training
for more than 170 participating companies Virginia Education Wizard
www.vawizard.orgwww.vawizard.org For more information on VCCS
Workforce Development:
http://www.vccs.edu/WorkforceServices/WIARegionalLocator/tabid/922/
Default.aspx 2014 Project Hope Seminar 22
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Great Expectations Measuring the Costs of Foster Care and the
Return on Investment of the Great Expectations Initiative, produced
by Chmura Economics & Analytics, provided these highlights:
Costs of foster care include economic costs and social costs. The
total annual costs for Virginia foster youth are estimated to have
been $29.7 million in Virginia in 2010, or $41,460 per aging-out
foster youth. Foster youth tend to have lower educational
attainment, are more likely to utilize public assistance, and are
more likely to be involved with the criminal justice system.
Community college students who were foster youth achieved lower
academic performance than the VCCS student body at large. They were
also more likely to have part-time jobs while attending school than
other students. The WIA (Workforce Investment Act) participants who
were foster youth tended to have lower educational attainment and
lower skill levels than other WIA youth. 2014 Project Hope Seminar
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Great Expectations On an individual level, each foster youth
who drops out of high school costs the public sector $209,100 over
a lifetime due to lost wages and greater need for public support
services. (National Governors Association Report 2010) The Weldon
Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia,
when discussing college completion rates in general, found, A
single years college degree production accounts for $349 million in
Social Services cost savings to the Commonwealth. Currently, there
are more than 500 students enrolled in Great Expectations programs
across the state. If the programs are successful in eliminating the
achievement gaps in terms of economic and social outcomes, GE can
save Virginia $10.1 million per year, far more than the 1.5 million
annual cost of the program. 2014 Project Hope Seminar 24
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2014 Project Hope Seminar 25 I want to become a chef and open
my own restaurant. Great Expectations is important because it shows
theres a support system. Someone else is out there who cares about
helping you. - Heather, age 18
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2014 Project Hope Seminar 26 Lynn, with coaches Christy Y. and
Christy R. from Patrick Henry Community College in Martinsville,
VA.
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2014 Project Hope Seminar 27 Jasmine is graduating from JSRCC
this spring with an Associates degree.
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2014 Project Hope Seminar 28 Sophia is a student at JSRCC and
has recently been hired by Project Life as Youth Network
Coordinator.
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2014 Project Hope Seminar 29 Great Expectations Virginia
Community College System 101 N. 14th Street, 15th floor Richmond,
VA 23219 (804) 819-4690 [email protected]
http://greatexpectations.vccs.edu/
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Section Three: Paying for College 2014 Project Hope Seminar
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What Is Financial Aid? Any source of funds other than from the
family used to pay college expenses 2014 Project Hope Seminar
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Sources of Financial Aid Federal government States Colleges
Private sources 2014 Project Hope Seminar 32
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Costs that Can be Paid with Financial Aid Direct costs Indirect
costs 2014 Project Hope Seminar 33
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Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Standard
federal form Must be completed every year Asks for demographic and
financial information Some students must provide parental
information 2014 Project Hope Seminar 34
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Dependency Status Dependent students must provide parental data
on FAFSA Expectation of parental suppor t Independent students do
not provide parental data on FAFSA No expectation of parental
support 2014 Project Hope Seminar 35
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Who Can Make a Determination that a Student is an UHY? School
district liaisons Director or designee of a HUD-funded emergency
shelter or transitional housing program Director or designee of a
runaway or homeless youth basic shelter or transitional living
program Financial aid administrator 2014 Project Hope Seminar
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Department of Education Guidance Determinations are not the use
of professional judgment or a dependency override Use
McKinney-Vento Act definitions Use of a documented interview 2014
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Department of Education Guidance Reach out to homeless
education professionals Use of discretion Students may appeal
financial aid administrators determination to Department of
Education 2014 Project Hope Seminar 38
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Tools for Financial Aid Administrators Determination of
independent status template Making determinations tool 2014 Project
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Other Forms and Applications CSS Profile Institutional
applications 2014 Project Hope Seminar 40
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Awarding Process Cost of Attendance (COA) Expected Family
Contribution (EFC) ____________________________________ Financial
Need 2014 Project Hope Seminar 41
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Awarding Process Financial aid packages consist of a mix of:
Grants/scholarships Work Loans 2014 Project Hope Seminar 42
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Awarding Process Packaging philosophy varies from college to
college so a students financial aid offer will also vary from
college to college 2014 Project Hope Seminar 43
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Understanding Budgets College use the same standard cost
components Value of components will vary based on college type,
location, and other factors 2014 Project Hope Seminar 44
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Understanding Award Letters EFC will be the same regardless of
college Mix of aid will vary by college Look at out of pocket costs
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Scholarships Common sources Civic organizations Houses of
worship Nonprofit organizations and foundations 2014 Project Hope
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Searching for Scholarships Fastweb!:
http://www.fastweb.com/http://www.fastweb.com/ College Board:
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/scholarship-search
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/scholarship-search U.S.
Department of Labor:
http://www.careerinfonet.org/scholarshipsearch/Scholar
shipCategory.asp?searchtype=category&nodeid=22
http://www.careerinfonet.org/scholarshipsearch/Scholar
shipCategory.asp?searchtype=category&nodeid=22 2014 Project
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Impact of Outside Scholarships Could reduce existing aid
package from college Changes depend on school policies and
procedures 2014 Project Hope Seminar 48
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Resources: Scholarships Check with the high schools guidance
counselor for a list of private scholarships available to area
students The LeTendre Education Fund Scholarship:
www.naehcy.org/letendre_ab.html (application period closed until
2013) www.naehcy.org/letendre_ab.html Give Us Your Poor/Horatio
Alger Scholarship: https://www.horatioalger.org/scholarships/
https://www.horatioalger.org/scholarships/ 2014 Project Hope
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Undocumented Students Not eligible to receive federal student
aid May be eligible for state and/or institutional aid Depending on
state, may qualify for in-state tuition General requirements 2014
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NAEHCY Higher Education Resources NAEHCY Toolkit: College
Access and Success for Students Experiencing Homelessness available
at http://www.naehcy.org/educational-resources/he-toolkit
http://www.naehcy.org/educational-resources/he-toolkit Podcast
Series http://naehcy.org/educational- resources/podcasts NAEHCY
Higher Education Helpline (855) 446-2673 (toll-free)
[email protected]
http://www.naehcy.org/educational-resources/helpline
[email protected]
http://www.naehcy.org/educational-resources/helpline FAFSA Tips for
Unaccompanied Youth Without Stable Housing and Helping
Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Access College Financial Aid at
http://www.naehcy.org/educational-resources/higher-ed
http://www.naehcy.org/educational-resources/higher-ed 2014 Project
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Contact Us. Cyekeia Lee, Director of Higher Education
Initiatives, NAEHCY [email protected]@naehcy.org Jennifer Martin,
Director of Training Initiatives, NASFAA
[email protected]@nasfaa.org Allyson Roberts, Great
Expectations [email protected] 2014 Project Hope Seminar 53