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Report: Community Colleges Are Leaving Millions in Medicaid Funding on the Table

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Eligible health services include but are not limited to, psychological services, counseling, nursing services, physical therapy, Medicaid outreach and case management. A growing number of administrators are trying to offer that help to students but struggle to afford the costs.

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Beyond the Campus Food Pantry

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Imagine if the collective energies in the ubiquitous Thanksgiving food drives shifted in that direction, as students, staff, faculty, and administrators focused on revising campus policies and/or advocating for improved public programs?

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$2.59M Grant Supports Nurse Training to Support Underserved Patients

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million grant through the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Program of the Health Resources and Services Administration. “We Students develop competency in leading therapeutic groups, implementing crisis and case management, prescribing psychotropic medications, and conducting psychotherapy.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff. All faculty and administrator searches must have a DEI advocate who completes specialized training. The Village is located near campus and provides wraparound services including case management, counseling and tutoring.

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Study: Community College Housing Program Produced Better Life Outcomes

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One particular lesson they have learned, said Edwards Lange, is that traditional student affairs education might not prepare administrators for what it takes to support housing insecure students.

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Rising to the Challenge on Student Basic Needs Work

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It’s now common knowledge among college administrators and staff that many students experience shortfalls of the essentials. 3) Provide targeted case management to help students navigate and access basic needs resources and services. (4) 4) Collect and use in-depth student data and demographics.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Dr. Jane Close Conoley In terms of data, administration analyzes persistence rates, graduate rates, enrollment yield rates, GPA levels, the average number of credits taken per semester, financial aid needs, technology needs, and housing and food insecurity needs. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino. Dr. Erika D.

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