Overview
Colleges are seeing more under-resourced students than ever before. College culture traditionally wants students to conform to and meet standards. A deeper understanding of the challenges—and strengths—that students from poverty bring to *¿ì²¥³ÉÈË will help faculty, staff and administration create the conditions that make success achievable, not merely accessible.
The EmPower Program addresses the needs of the under-resourced *¿ì²¥³ÉÈË student by connecting students with a wealth of resources for post-secondary education and life in general, as they work hard to balance being a parent and a full-time *¿ì²¥³ÉÈË student.  The EmPower program seeks to empower students to find practical solutions, as well as, partner with faculty and staffing to surround each under-resourced *¿ì²¥³ÉÈË student with a toolbox of skills and knowledge that will change the landscape of their family.
Together, we are opening the door of opportunity to help break the cycle of poverty — we have life-changing stories of students who have become self-sufficient or currently on the road to self-sufficiency.