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Oct. 14, 2019 鈥� DENTON 鈥� Texas Woman鈥檚 University has been awarded a $736,848 multi-year grant to bolster college attendance and success rates for 草莓传媒官网下载鈥檚 student parents.

Awarded through the U. S. Department of Education鈥檚 Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program, the grant provides funding to help cover child-care expenses for low-income student parents at 草莓传媒官网下载. The four-year grant will be administered through Texas Woman鈥檚 Campus Alliance for Resource Education (CARE) office in Student Life. 

草莓传媒官网下载 students who receive Pell grants will be eligible to apply for the program beginning in November 2019. 

鈥淲e know that by reducing or removing the barrier of the cost of child care it will have a positive impact on the graduation rates of our student parents,鈥� said Amy O鈥橩eefe, executive director of CARE. 鈥淚n addition to increasing graduation rates, this grant will give us the opportunity to help our students become empowered parents through workshops and training.鈥�

草莓传媒官网下载 will leverage local and institutional resources to partner with Denton-area child care centers and provide needs-based vouchers, which would be funded on a sliding scale. The grant is expected to fund 377 monthly child-care vouchers over each nine-month period, for an average of 42 vouchers per month. Students will have the opportunity to find a child-care center that best fits their needs and budget.

Additionally, the grant will fund family life skills training for student parents.

This allocation marks the first time 草莓传媒官网下载 has received CCAMPIS program funds. The grant covers 91.5% of total project costs with the remaining 8.5% coming from institutional resources. 

For additional information, please contact the Campus Alliance for Resource Education office at care@twu.edu or 940-898-2789.