With the generous support of the Scheidel Foundation, the National College Attainment Network (NCAN) has been studying community-based organization (CBO) and higher education institution partnerships.
The fourth installment in our series of CBO+ higher education institution case studies, it is our hope that these resources will help our members and external partners form and maintain meaningful partnerships and increase positive postsecondary outcomes for all students.
Through partnerships with the College Advising Corps (CAC) and OneGoal, Achieve Atlanta provides college search and college and financial aid applications support to students during the school day. Their scholarship offers APS graduates who have been continuously enrolled since the 11th grade, have at least a 2.0 GPA, and meet the Federal Student Aid Index’s financial need requirements a renewable $5,000 award per year for four years for eligible bachelor’s programs and $1,500 award per year for two years for eligible associate or technical programs.