#CaliforniansForAll College Corps, busca brindar oportunidades de servicio comunitario pagado para estudiantes universitarios en el estado, se trata del primer programa de su tipo y además incluirá a beneficiarios del California DREAM Act.
The initiative was announced in early 2022 and presented a few weeks ago by California Governor Gavin Newsom. Details of how College Corps will work, and that it will also be a four-year program, were explained during the announcement. The program will allow students from 46 California colleges and universities to perform community service or receive training for 450 hours and receive a $10,000 incentive.
The initiative has three main goals:
- Create a generation of civic-minded leaders with the ability to solve problems.
- Help low-income students graduate from college on time and with less debt.
- Address California's social challenges and build more equitable communities.
The program will provide support to more than 3,200 students during the next four school years. In addition, it will permanently benefit more than 500 students who are beneficiaries of the AB CA Dream Act. In this way, more than 10,000 students will benefit from College Corps in the coming years.
Among other goals, it is expected that 64% of the youth who enroll in the program will be first-generation college students. Similarly, by the end of the program, the California government expects to have achieved an 80% increase in students of color at participating colleges and universities.
The program will be divided into three priority areas, mentoring and tutoring for students in grades one through twelve; climate action and food insecurity. 50% of the youth enrolled will work as mentors for elementary and middle school students; 28% will work in areas related to food insecurity and 20% will carry out tasks in favor of taking climate action.
Learn more at: https://www.californiavolunteers.ca.gov/californiansforall-college-corps/
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https://www.californiavolunteers.ca.gov/californiansforall-college-corps/
