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Special Programs and Grants
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- Strengthening Student Services
- FOC-Financial Opportunity Center
- PAC-Peralta Achievement Collaborative
- Bridges to the Baccalaureate
- Entrepreneurship Mini Grant
- First Five of Alameda County
- Campus Mental Health Education Services
- MAP-Maximum Achievement Project Human Services
- SB70 CTE Community Collaborative Digital Multimedia Grant
- TAACCCT-Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training
Strengthening Student Services
Create a system to provide enhanced CTE counseling and supportive services to low income CTE students. Will create an educational and workforce services unit within Student Services to provide contextualized counseling and assistance to CTE students and programs.
Source: The San Francisco Foundation (TSFF)/Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative (BAWFC)
Students Served: 120 over 2 years
Contact: Dr. Eric Gravenberg
Phone: (510)436-2478
Email: egravenberg@peralta.edu
Implement a financial and workforce services center to help students move towards financial self-sufficiency. Includes financial coaching, integrated workforce services, access to public income supports, and financial education/workshops.
Source: Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Social Innovation Fund (SIF)
Students Served: 1000 over 2 years
Contact: Chad Thompson
Phone: (510)436-2637
Email: cthompson@peralta.edu
Website: http://www.lisc.org/section/ourwork/national/family/sif
Peralta Achievement Collaborative
Provides employment, training and supportive services for 300 ex-offenders and other low income residents with barriers to employment. Focus on warehousing/logistics.
Source: US Department of Labor
Partners: Men of Valor, Allen Temple, Oakland PIC, Berkeley Youth Alternatives
Students Served: 300 over 3 years
Contact: Von Segerberg
Phone: (510)436-2674
Email: vsegerberg@peralta.edu
Website: http://www.doleta.gov/ETA_News_Releases/20100883.cfm
Identify and recruit Merritt students to pursue research careers in biomedical and behavioral sciences
Source: National Institute of Health (NIH)
Partners: UC Berkeley Transfer Alliance Project
Students Served: Merritt College students
Contacts: Dr. Arja McCray
Phone: (510)436-2618
Email: amccray@peralta.edu
Website: http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/Mechanisms/BridgesBaccalaureate.htm
Develop an emphasis of Entrepreneurship under our Business & Real Estate Department associate degrees
Source: Economic & Workforce Development Program
Students Served: Merritt College students
Contact: Anita Black, M.S.
Phone: (510)434-3858
Email: ablack@peralta.edu
Website: http://cccewd.net/initiative_business_entrepreneurship.cfm; http://californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/collegeDetails.aspx?collegeID=344&txt=Merritt College
Design cohorts to assist child development students in completing certificates and degree
Source: First 5
Students Served: Merritt College students with Child Development major
Contact: Dr. Stacy Thompson
Phone: (510)436-2609
Email: sthompson@peralta.edu
Website: http://www.first5alameda.org/our-funded-partners
Campus Mental Health Education Services
Provide peer to peer support, social media outreach and mental health consultation.
Source: Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services (ACBHCS)
Partners: City of Berkeley
Students Served: 10% Berkeley residents, students of CSU and CCC in Alameda County.
Contact: Stefani de Vito, L.S.W.
Phone: (510)436-2534
Email: sdevito@peralta.edu
Website: http://www.acbhcs.org/Docs/RFP/2012/HigherEducation_GrantApplicationFinal.pdf
Maximum Achievement Project Human Services
Provide mentoring and guidance to students interested in pursuing a career in the mental health field.
Source: Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
Partners: Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
Students Served: 15-20, 18-30 year old African American, Native American, Asian, Pacific Islander and Hispanic students.
Contact: Carlos McLean, M.A.
Phone: (510)434-3893
Email: cmclean@peralta.edu
Website: http://www.acbhcs.org/Docs/RFP/2012/HigherEducation_GrantApplicationRound2.pdf
SB70 CTE Community Collaborative Digital Multimedia Grant
Outreach and career exploration about CTE classes for middle and high school students who are excited about microscopy.
Source: California Community College Chancellor's Office
Partners: Local middle and high schools.
Contact: Dr. Gisele Giorgi
Phone: (510)436-2618
Email: ggiorgi@peralta.edu
Website: http://www.sdcoe.net/rop/cte/Sb70-ccp.htm?bc=15
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training
Increase college capacity to deliver career pathway training using CAA strategies and workforce integration with focus on health care, logistics & transportation, and industrial technologies.
Source: US Deptartment of Labor
Students Served: TAA-eligible, dislocated workers and low income adults.
Contact: Dr. Eric Gravenberg
Phone: (510)436-2478
Email: egravenberg@peralta.edu
Website: http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ETA20121885.htm