College Bound 101 Training + Other Resources

 

College Bound 101 Training, Wednesday, January 27th (10am-11:15am)

This training opportunity will provide an overview of the College Bound Scholarship program and review recent updates and changes. It is open to school personnel, community-based organizations and community leaders. During this training, folks will have an opportunity to network with others from around the state to discuss strategies for supporting College Bound at high schools and middle schools. To help increase engagement in a virtual space, this workshop will be facilitated using a combination of short presentations, polling, and other engagement tools. If you have anyone in mind who may benefit from this, please pass the information along.

You can register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5cW8nGjnunkj6SKkx-2s0VaQKSONkWbOW9EejRUnF_duwNw/viewform

Financial Aid Completion Opportunity: 

These resources are available to you & students/families your organization serves:

  • Assistance: I am happy to provide assistance in any way I can. I am able to facilitate financial aid presentations in multiple languages, work with families individually, or help schools/districts develop a financial aid completion plan(s). For support request, please feel free to email me or fill out this form: https://forms.gle/36psRXccJCY5deSA6

  • Resources: WSAC has updated their 12th Year Campaign page to include a variety of resources to support financial aid completion, including video trainings, handouts and other material. https://wsac.wa.gov/12th-year-campaign

Additional Resources:

  • WCAN Multi-Language Resources (College Knowledge Book): This book can be printed or downloaded by theme, grade level, or chapter. Available in English, Spanish, Russian, Somali, and Vietnamese. https://www.wcan.org/college-knowledge/

  • Spanish Only Resources: These print and video resources from Puget Sound College & Career Network were developed along with the College Knowledge workbook to help Spanish speaking families navigate the path to college and how to pay for it! Check out the website to see a range of college-going topics. https://www.psccn.org/resources/familias

  • Junior/Senior Student Workbook: This booklet has great information to help students navigate college admissions and financial aid. https://readysetgrad.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2020.12th.year.jr.sr.workbook.pdf

  • College Bound Repledge Booklets: This guidebook is fillable and can be used with 9th, 10th (and 11th) graders to remind them about CBS, how they can get their scholarship, and prepare for their plan(s) after high school. https://www.wcan.org/wp-content/uploads/WCAN-Repledge-Booklet-Fillable-Form.pdf

  • College Success Foundation (CSF) Financial Aid Hub: This resource is accessible to students, their family/adult(s) and those who support them through their post-secondary journey. You will find resources such as copies of the CSF Scholarship Services team’s presentations, webinar recordings, handouts and more. Here’s the link: https://sites.google.com/csfscholars.org/csf-financial-aid-hub/home

  • Counselor Resources: bookmark this for easy access to CBS and financial aid resources.

https://readysetgrad.wa.gov/college/CBS-Resources

Scholarship Opportunities for Students:

WA State

National

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program:

As you may know, DACA program has been fully reinstated. This means eligible individuals who were not able to apply for this temporary protection from deportation + ability to work legally in the United States previously, can now do so. With this comes much confusion about the details of eligibility and the application process. If you have students who speak to you about this, please support them by offering useful information from legitimate sources. There are many DACA informational sessions throughout WA state and I am happy to share with you as the information comes. For now, I leave you with these:

 

  • Keep Dreams Alive Foundation (based in Snohomish County) hosted a virtual event in Spanish, Hablemos sobre DACA, on Wednesday, January 13th. You can access a recorded video of the virtual event here: https://fb.watch/39NKC7FnHa/

 

CHA Washington