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California fund gives grant to schools for undocumented student support

$125,000 for improved ‘support and services’ 

Laney College has received a $125,000 grant to “Improve support and services to undocumented students and their families,” according to a press release issued by the school. With the grant, Laney will create a three-year project to expand services for undocumented and mixed-status students.

Laney is one of 32 schools to receive the grant from the California Catalyst Fund, a “a three-year grantmaking initiative to expand support for undocumented students and their families across the state’s three public higher education systems,” according to its website, which notes the initiative is funded by private philanthropic dollars.

The services for undocumented and mixed-status students include career and college counseling, legal services, and access to health and wellness programs.

The term “mixed-status” refers to families with mixed citizenship statuses, such as a family in which the parents are undocumented and the children are citizens.

Laney College President Tammeil Gilkerson said in the release that Laney College reflects the “richness” and diversity of Oakland, but that this diversity “masks the level of complexity” necessary for serving students  with diversity “in terms of race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, languages spoken, and a myriad of other factors that impact their experience in the community and as students.”

A full list of the schools funded by the Catalyst Fund’s grant is available here.

H/T: NBC Bay Area

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