by Ashleigh Staples | Mar 3, 2017 | Cash for College, College Success
This year, Cash for College Birmingham introduced a student leadership component to the FAFSA completion efforts. Thanks to a grant award from State Farm Youth Advisory Board, Cash for College Birmingham now utilizes ten student ambassadors within each of the...
by Ashleigh Staples | Feb 28, 2017 | Cash for College, College Success
Each year, students in the United States miss out on more than $2 billion dollars of free money for college. To receive this money, all that students need to do is complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). FAFSA is what colleges use to...
by Kristina Scott | Dec 29, 2016 | Blueprints, Cash for College, College Success, Engaged Learning, hope
There are only three days left to get your 2016 tax deduction while investing in a more prosperous Alabama. We recently had lunch with some of our Blueprints and Cash for College graduates. What stood out? They all want to give back. Morehouse College Sophomore...
by Ashleigh Staples | Dec 28, 2016 | Blueprints, Cash for College, College Success, hope, Jobs
On December 15, the Alabama Possible team had the opportunity to catch up with four college students who have been involved with our Blueprints and Cash for College programs. These Birmingham City Schools graduates shared their college successes with us as well...
by Kristina Scott | Dec 19, 2016 | Blueprints, Cash for College, Jobs, VISTA
Alabama Possible’s AmeriCorpsVISTA works with our college access and success programs, including Blueprints College Success Initiative and Cash for College. Alabama Possible works to increase educational equity by increasing the number of Alabama students who pursue...
by Kristina Scott | Nov 1, 2016 | Cash for College
College Application Week is this week, October 31-November 4, 2016, at high schools all over Alabama. College Application Week is a program of the Alabama State Department of Education and aims to increase the number of first-generation and low-income students who...