For the Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Achieving the Dream today announced a national community college expansion of the Working Families Success Network (WFSN) strategy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Highline College is one of 16 community colleges in four states that will implement the strategy \u2014 used at more than 100 sites in the nation to help low-income individuals and families achieve financial stability \u2014 to promote postsecondary completion for students whose economic challenges can thwart their academic and career goals.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The WFSN strategy involves intentionally integrating and sequencing three distinct but related services:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Education and employment advancement \u2013 education, job readiness, training, and placement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Income and work supports \u2013 access to student financial aid, public benefits, tax credits, and free tax assistance.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Financial services and asset building \u2013 financial education and coaching linked to affordable products and services to help families build self-sufficiency, stabilize their finances, and become more economically competitive.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n “We are honored to be chosen as a site for the WFSN expansion,” said Highline President Jack Bermingham. “The services promoted by Achieving the Dream are vital pieces to ensuring the professional and personal success of many of our students. Equity and diversity are at the core of Highline’s mission, and this program will enable us to better serve the needs of our community.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Highline was selected through a competitive application process that assessed the commitment to racial equity and poverty reduction as well as the college’s demonstrated ability to support student success using data-informed decision-making.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The effort is supported with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Lumina Foundation, MetLife Foundation, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n “Our goal is to support students who have already taken a big step toward their long-term financial success by addressing the short-term economic challenges that can get in their way,” said Rosa Maria Casta\u00f1eda, a senior associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. “This expansion builds on the momentum behind the Working Families Success Network strategy as well as the efforts of colleges across the country to find smarter ways to help low-income students cross the finish line.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The four state partner organizations and 16 colleges selected for the national community college expansion of the WFSN strategy are:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Arkansas Consortium<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022 Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges California Consortium<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022 California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Virginia Consortium<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022 Virginia Community College System Washington Consortium<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022 The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges For more information on the programs, visit www.achievingthedream.org\/resources\/initiatives\/working-families-success-network<\/a> and www.workingfamiliessuccess.org<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Achieving the Dream today announced a national community college expansion of the Working Families Success Network (WFSN) strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":6829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-6828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6828"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=6828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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