2013 CALIFORNIA CASH FOR COLLEGE PLATFORM: California Dreams In Action

April 25, 2013

CASH FOR COLLEGE WORKSHOP PLATFORM: California Dreams In Action

Jan – Mar 2. Low-income and first- gen seniors/family focus

State, regional, local partnership

Line –by-Line assistance using ONLINE FAFSA and California Dream Act Application

Multi-lingual materials, training, tools, site support, student follow up tracking

Offer scholarship incentives to maximize applying for all public financial aid

CALIFORNIA CASH FOR COLLEGE PLATFORM: California Dreams In Action

730 workshops, in 51 out of 58 counties

400 high schools, campuses, organizations

7 Regional Coordinating Organizations in Far North, Capitol, East Bay, Kern, Los Angeles, Inland Empire & San Diego

1000 organizers and site contacts & 1,000+ volunteers

730 WORKSHOPS IN 89% OF COUNTIES, 35,500 + STUDENTS ATTEND IN 2013

Regionally coordinated service areas.

2013 WORKSHOPS

New Workshop Management System Launched

GUIDE TO WORKSHOP SUCCESS

TRAIN/ACKNOWLEDGE

FOLLOW STUDENT PROGRESS

CONNECT ACTIONS WITH OUTCOMES

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Based on more than 35,500 web-based Student Exit Surveys submitted at workshops.

More than 26,000 exit surveys submitted online, an increase of 8,000 surveys.

Overall increase of 2,500 students from 2012 results.

2013 Cash for College Workshop Results

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS

2013 Exit Survey Results

Vast Majority are Seniors

MORE YOUNG WOMEN ATTEND

RACE/ETHNICITY OF STUDENTS WHO ATTEND

Student Social Media Use

FAMILYDEMOGRAPHICS

2013 Exit Survey Results

FIRST IN FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE

All Surveys

51 % Yes, first in my family to attend college

48% No

1 % Did not respond

HIGHEST LEVEL OF PARENT EDUCATION

All Surveys

34 % Did not Complete High School

27% High School Degree or GED

14% Some College but no degree

2.5% Vocational Certificate

6% 2-year degree

16% 4-year degree

STUDENT and PARENT ATTENDANCE

All Surveys

69 % Yes, parent/s attended

31% No

WORKSHOPQUALITY

2013 Exit Survey Results

WORKSHOP QUALITY RATING

All Surveys 63% Excellent34% Good3 % Fair.3% Poor

FAFSA COMPLETION AT WORKSHOP

All Surveys 57% Yes, finished today22% Finished some, not all21 % No

TELL US WHY NO FAFSA COMPLETION

All Surveys

10% Thought I had to have taxes complete

37% Didn't bring enough financial info with me

6% Technical problem with computer

48% Will submit later on the Internet

4.3% Asked for AB 540 help

12% Other

Incentive Scholarship Motivates Attendance

All Surveys73 % Yes, definitely motivated me9% Motivated me a little8% Was going to attend anyway10% Didn't know about it

FAFSA & CAL GRANT

COMPLETION DATA

2013 FAFSA & Cal Grant Data

EARLY FAFSA DATA FOR 2013

EARLY FAFSA DATA FOR 2013

35,500 Cash for College student records submitted for match to Commission Grant Delivery System

29,500 initially match with high confidence (FAFSA or CA Dream Act Application found)

5,000 records require further validation

1,000 students were not found, did not apply.

FAFSA & CAL GRANT COMPLETION in 2011

Column19 OUT OF 10, 92.7% of CFC students submitted FAFSAs

Of those submitted, 97% by March 2

Both FAFSA + Cal Grant GPA IN 2011

8 OUT OF 10, 87% of all CFC students submitted both by Mar 2.

STUDENT FOLLOW UP PLATFORM

2013 New Tools

Follow Up Portal

Comment from Cash for College Campus Organizer:

“We enjoyed using the online follow-up platform. It really helped us reach our students. The tools and script helped. We’re looking forward to it next year! “

Student Follow Up Calling Project

*Contacted over 6,000 Students who said they did not complete the FAFSA or CA Dream Act App at workshop.*Areas using the platform - Far North, Capitol, Stockton, East Bay, San Jose, Kern, Los Angeles and the Inland Empire*Financial aid Administrators and Trained Volunteers contacted student households/cells

Follow Up Student Calling Assistance Topics

FAFSA 39%

Dream App8%

Cal Grant

Deadline24%

Cal Grant Re-

quirements14%

Taxes15%

FAFSADream AppCal Grant DeadlineCal Grant Re-quirementsTaxes

“Team C4C in the IE… Thank you for allowing us to really impact FAFSA completion in the IE.” 

“We did it!!! we called all students in the database.  We also called students whose paper exit surveys we had.  The team helped sooooo many students even up until today.  It was unbelievable how many still had not finished, had not completed because of taxes not being done, or didn't know that the deadline was today - both FAFSA and Dream Act...lots of one-on-one.  Many stories of grateful parents and students.”

Elena Carrasco, IE Regional CFC Coordinator  

SITE AND REGIONAL DATA

TABULATED

2013 New Tools

Survey Response Availability

All 2013 Workshop Exist Survey response data is now charted and graphed for each site and each regional lead organization.

Cash for College Scholarship Platform

2013 Scholarship Programs

*500 Cash for College Incentive Scholarships Awarded through Commission's partnership with ECMC - Week of May 6 awarding*250-350 Performance Based Scholarships (PBS) Awarded Through Remaining MDRC/Gates Demonstration Grant. Funds provided by College Access Foundation of California*Monday April 29 target date for PBS Scholarship awarding