Jul 11, 2024 | LCAN, News
FCAN Celebrates the Power of Collective Learning FCAN recently wrapped up its year-long Community of Practice (CoP) series with 12 Local College Access Network (LCAN) teams across the state. This innovative program, designed to address common challenges in college...
Jul 3, 2024 | LCAN, News, Research and Policy
Amplifying student voices is central to FCAN’s Student Advocacy Fellowship program, which held its third annual trip to Tallahassee earlier this year. Every year, a small group of students is mentored by several of FCAN’s community coalitions across Florida known as...
Jun 24, 2024 | LCAN, News, Research and Policy
Earlier this year, a group of 13 dynamic student advocates from the Florida College Access Network (FCAN) participated in two days of advocacy at Florida’s State Capitol on Jan. 16 and 17. The students were led by FCAN’s community coalitions across Florida known as...
Mar 19, 2024 | Florida FAFSA Challenge, Initiatives, LCAN, News
With the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) release in December 2023, schools and community organizations have had less time to prepare students and their families to fill out the form. In addition, due to the FAFSA Simplification Act, the...
Oct 30, 2023 | LCAN, News
By Corrie Melton, Vice President of Membership and Talent Development, Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce ASPIRE Capital Region partners recently hosted the inaugural North Florida Worlds of Work (WOW) career expo. Although the event is not an official event of...
Aug 15, 2023 | LCAN, Research and Policy
Advocacy Spotlights: ASPIRE, Graduate Miami-Dade, and Achieve Palm Beach ASPIRE Formed in 2018, ASPIRE is the local college access network (LCAN) servicing Leon, Gadsden, and Wakulla counties. ASPIRE works to ensure that all of their students are college and career...
