Special to the Owl
Prince George’s Community College Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been selected to participate in the Dreamkeepers Emergency Financial Assistance Program and has received a grant from the Wal-mart Foundation. The Dreamkeepers Emergency Financial Assistance program helps Prince George’s Community College provide short-term emergency funding to students who find themselves in unanticipated difficulties that might hinder them graduating from college therefore achieving a better life for themselves and their families.
Established in 2005 and administered by Scholarship America, the Dreamkeepers Emergency Financial Assistance program helps institutions set up a process for providing emergency assistance to needy students and helps strengthen the infrastructure within the college that makes it possible to offer emergency financial assistance.
Since its recent establishment of a Dreamkeepers program on campus, Prince George’s Community College has been equipped to help students; easing student worries about housing, food and utilities, transportation, child care, and medical needs. When students are able to focus on education and not a crisis, the results are tremendous in terms of preventing them from dropping out of school.
Thanks to the Dreamkeepers Emergency Financial Assistance program we are prepared to decrease the student drop-out rate by helping students meet the challenges of unexpected financial hardships not covered by regular financial aid options.
Together we can make a life-changing impact for our students. Students that are currently enrolled at Prince George’s Community College and making satisfactory progress towards a certificate or degree program may qualify. For additional information on how to refer students contact Crystal Smith, Manager, Vocational Support Services in Marlboro Hall.
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