Campus support of foster care youth

1. Program Components:
• 3-Day Pre-College
Conference: Passport to
Success
• Lunch & Learn Workshops
• Mentoring
• Emergency Transportation
Funding
• Milestone recognition/gift
cards
• Mentor Training
• End of the Year Recognition
Banquet
The Ohio Reach Campus Liaison Team
(S.P.A.R.K.) SUPPORTS foster youth to
PREPARE, ACHIEVE, REALIZE and KEEP their
educational goals within reach.
• Holistic Support for
Scholars
• Mentoring and
Engagement for Scholars
• Achievement and
Recognition for Scholars

2. Successes
 Student Success Council Innovation Fund, $5,000
 Ohio Reach Mentoring Grant, $60,000
 Internal and external collaboration
 Pilot Year launched for Columbus State Scholar Network
with 25 applications and 13 active scholars
 Hired two student assistants to support the program
 Foster Youth/Student Parent Support offered
 CS C.A.R.E.S. Packages
 Partnerships with My Very Own Blanket & Starfish Alliance
 100% Scholars have mentors

3. S.P.A.R.K. - History
“Financial Aid Evolution: Change Agents” OASFAA Fall
Conference 2015

4. Challenges Enrollme
nt Status
Age Terms
Completed
GPA of
Continuing
students
Students
who
Transferred
to CSCC
170 new
students
17 & Younger
=
9 Students
1 = 68
Students
2.0 G.P.A. =
23.6%
69 Students
2 = 33
Students
2.00-2.49 =
12.4%
186
returnin
g
students
18-19 years
old =
40 Students
3 = 22
Students
2.5 -2.99
9.8%
20-24 years
old =
137 Students
8 or more
=
33 Students
3.5-4.0 =
5.3%
25-29 years
old =
76 Students
Foster Youth
• Financial and housing barriers
• Mentorship matching
• Transportation
Program Overall
• Launching at full capacity
• Developing accountability
process
• Getting Starfish/FOCUS started
• Increasing social activities
• College Credit Plus
• Marketing

5. Next Steps
 Spring offerings: Passport to Success Conference & Lunch & Learn
Workshops
 Spring mentoring matching for new scholars
 Spring Celebration Ceremony
 Recruiting autumn 2016 scholars
 Mentoring Training
 Assessment
 Starfish/FOCUS Tracking (Furthering our College’s undergraduate
success)