College Now Greater Cleveland Inc

Advisory services: college now greater cleveland provided college and career access advising, student financial aid counseling, scholarship, and retention services to over 38,000 northeast ohio students and individuals in one-on-one and group sessions. During the 2023-2024 academic year, college now served students and individuals virtually and in approximately 200 venues, including more than 100 middle and high schools in cuyahoga, geauga, lake, lorain, medina, richland, and summit counties. College now provides virtual, in-school, need-based services throughout the school year, after school, and during the summer. Core services include: academic advising - guidance on high school course planning; graduation requirements; course requirements for specific college majors and courses of study; and tips on time management skills necessary for postsecondary success; career exploration - guiding students as they explore their own interests and various career opportunities and the training/education that is required to be successful in a particular field, sharing information on specific careers in demand in northeast ohio, as well as extending opportunities for field visits and visits from professionals; college exploration, applications and enrollment - assisting students with researching postsecondary options, completing college applications, providing application fee waivers, visiting college campuses, and ensuring that students who have been accepted into college enroll and register for classes; and student financial aid counseling - guiding students and their families through the often-arduous process of filing for financial aid and scholarships, including the fafsa (free application for federal student aid), assisting with special circumstance appeals and requests for verification, identifying other financial aid sources, providing personalized strategies secure maximum financial aid to help students persist to graduation with minimal student loan debt, interpreting the student aid report and financial aid award letters, and determining final college costs.

Adult programs and services and the college now resource centers: in cooperation with about 40 neighborhood-based community partners, at our resource centers in cleveland and akron, and virtually, college now greater cleveland offered outreach, one-on-one sessions, and small group workshops to serve nearly 17,000 people from across northeast ohio with a concentration in cuyahoga and summit counties. The resource centers are free and open to the public. Virtual services are also free and open to the public. Core services to adults include college and career access advising, student financial aid and student loan counseling, mentoring, and scholarship services.

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