FCAN Blog
Key takeaways from “No Dollar Left Behind: Organizing a Community-Based Approach to FAFSA Completion”
FCAN’s Amy Bolick, Community Engagement and Programs Manager, was recently joined by Doug Griesenauer, Director of Workforce Development and Financial Stability Initiatives at United Way Suncoast, and Jessica Manchette, Senior Director of Program Initiatives at...
Future Ready Collier releases Report to the Community
The future is now in Collier County. Future Ready Collier released its inaugural Report to the Community this past summer. The local college access network (LCAN) is comprised of more than 60 organizations, businesses, schools, and community members working to ensure...
Rate of Floridians with credentials beyond high school rises to 48.3%
Newly-released U.S. Census data reveal Florida achieved the biggest gain in its proportion of working-age adults with a degree or high-quality credential beyond high school in more than a decade. The state's 2017 rate of degrees and credentials beyond high...
Meet ALICE: A Look at Florida’s Financially Struggling Population and How Communities are Using Data for Change
In 2015, 14.5% of Florida families lived in poverty. However, there are substantial differences in the financial stability of the remaining residents who live above the poverty line. An additional almost 30% of households earn more than Federal Poverty...
Call for Presentation Proposals — 2019 Florida College Access Network Summit: Candid Conversations
Florida College Access Network (FCAN) is pleased to issue a call for presentation proposals for the 2019 Florida College Access Network Summit at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, FL on May 7-8, 2019. Submissions are due October 15, 2018. Now in its 7th...
Key takeaways from Lost in Translation Part II: Aligning Business and Education to Create More Student Internship Opportunities
Employers, students, and education institutions all agree internships provide valuable work experience that allows students to apply what they are learning in school. FCAN’s Kathy McDonald, Assistant Director for Network Partnerships, was recently joined by Michael...
FCAN releases new dashboard with FAFSA completion rankings by state
Florida College Access Network (FCAN) has released a new data dashboard that highlights how states rank in the proportion of public and private high school graduates who complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The dashboard also...
Register today for Sept. 18 FCAN Webinar — No Dollar Left Behind: Organizing a Community-Based Approach to FAFSA Completion
Last year, Florida students left behind over $100 million in Pell Grants because they did not complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). To put it in perspective that would have been enough money to cover a year’s worth of tuition and...
Melissa Shank is paying her financial aid experience forward
This is the fourth in the “Pathway Series” of stories on Melissa Shank, an adult learner in Orlando who is pursuing her bachelor’s degree 20 years after dropping out of high school. Read Part 3 here, which had Shank dealing with some miscommunication related to the...
FCAN discusses state of educational achievement in Pinellas County with WUSF
“The important thing about this report and the way that we completed the whole process was that we asked this question to the community.”- Kimberly Lent, senior research associate for Florida College Access Network (FCAN) Late last year, a group of Pinellas County...